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91transcendental dialectic — Kantianism. (in transcendental logic) the study of the fallacious attribution of objective reality to the perceptions by the mind of external objects. Cf. dialectic (def. 8). * * * …
92transcendental equation — Math. an equation that involves transcendental functions. * * * …
93transcendental argument — In philosophy, a form of argument that is supposed to proceed from a fact to the necessary conditions of its possibility. A transcendental argument is simply a form of deduction, with the typical pattern: Only if p then q; q is true; therefore, p …
94transcendental ego — noun The conscious self which is the unifying subject of a persons experiences and which cannot itself be experienced as an object, understood by (1724 1804) as knowable only by inference, and understood by (1859 1938) as pure consciousness. If,… …
95transcendental idealism — noun A school of philosophy first proposed by Immanuel Kant It deals with the ethic of reciprocity and can be juxtaposed with transcendental realism in that it views things in terms of how they appear to the actor rather than how they actually… …
96transcendental realism — noun A branch of philosophy which deals with the ethic of reciprocity and can be juxtaposed with transcendental idealism in that it views things in terms of how they actually are rather than how they appear to the actor …
97transcendental idealism — Term used by Kant to characterize one element of his philosophy. Kant attempts to combine empirical realism, preserving the ordinary independence and reality of objects of the world, with transcendental idealism, which allows that in some sense… …
98transcendental signified — Derogatory term used in some post structuralist writing to denote an external, objective, language independent point that fixes reference or meaning. These points, it is alleged, cannot play any role in the interpretation of texts: their… …
99transcendental meditation — transcen,dental medi tation noun uncount an activity that involves repeating a phrase in your mind in order to make yourself relax. Transcendental meditation is often simply called T.M …
100transcendental meditation — N UNCOUNT Transcendental meditation is a kind of meditation in which people mentally relax by silently repeating special words over and over again. The abbreviation TM is also used …
