EMOTIVISM Antonyms

• the form of empiricism that bases all knowledge on perceptual experience (not on intuition or revelation)

• a quality or state characterized by certainty or acceptance or affirmation and dogmatic assertiveness

• (philosophy) the doctrine that knowledge is acquired by reason without resort to experience

• the theological doctrine that human reason rather than divine revelation establishes religious truth

• the doctrine that reason is the right basis for regulating conduct

• the attribute of accepting the facts of life and favoring practicality and literal truth

• the state of being actual or real

• (philosophy) the philosophical doctrine that physical objects continue to exist when not perceived

• an artistic movement in 19th century France; artists and writers strove for detailed realistic and factual description

• (philosophy) the philosophical doctrine that abstract concepts exist independent of their names

• The use or development of the intellect.

• The doctrine that knowledge is derived from pure reason.

• The use of mental attributes as a criterion or value (intellectual racism).

• The state of being objective.

• Moral objectivism.

• Any of several doctrines that holds that all of reality is objective and exists outside of the mind.

• The specific objectivist philosophy created by novelist Ayn Rand, endorsing logical reasoning and self-interest.