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Definition of “conceptualism”

conceptualism (kənˈsɛptjʊəˌlɪzəm )

the philosophical theory that the application of general words to a variety of objects reflects the existence of some mental entity through which the application is mediated and which constitutes the meaning of the term Compare nominalism, realism, Platonism
the philosophical view that there is no reality independent of our conception of it, or (as in the philosophy of Kant) that the intellect is not a merely passive recipient of experience but rather imposes a structure on it

conˈceptualist noun

conˌceptualˈistic adjective

The birth pangs of Scottish conceptualism were not entirely easy, though.

Times, Sunday Times (2002)

The rigid conceptualism of Enlightenment thought about culture received some softening with the appropriation of aesthetics.

Sanneh, Lamin Encountering the West

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