antimetaphysicalism
antimetaphysicalism noun: the denial of any metaphysics that is not grounded in science and positivism.
Noun
antimetaphysicalism (uncountable)
- The denial of any metaphysics that is not grounded in science and positivism.
- Thus, the theory of history served as a powerful pragmatic reinforcement, in Comte's scheme, for the epistemological premises of positivism—relentless phenomenalism, antimetaphysicalism, and unitarian hierarchy of knowledge.2004, John H. Zammito, A Nice Derangement of Epistemes, →ISBN
- Wolin does not treat Kristeller, but we can add Kristeller's case to the list; although Kristeller refrained from extended critique and self-indulgent consideration of the Heidegger problem, Kristeller's rationalist project was in effect a rebuttal in practice of Heidegger's antimetaphysicalism.2005, Christopher S. Celenza, The Lost Italian Renaissance: Humanists, Historians, and Latin's Legacy, →ISBN
Forms of antimetaphysicalism
| alternative form | anti-metaphysicalism |
|---|
Origin of antimetaphysicalism
From anti- + metaphysical + -ism.
Questions about antimetaphysicalism
- What does antimetaphysicalism mean?
- Antimetaphysicalism means the denial of any metaphysics that is not grounded in science and positivism.
- What part of speech is antimetaphysicalism?
- Antimetaphysicalism is a noun.
Words near antimetaphysicalism in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: antimetaphysicalism (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
Last updated:
Cite this entry: “antimetaphysicalism.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/antimetaphysicalism. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.