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empiriomonism

empiriomonism noun: alexander Bogdanov's philosophy of cognition and being. Based on the neutral monist philosophy of Ernst Mach and Richard Avenarius (empiriocriticism), empiriomonism was an attempt to provide a modern, scientific proof of the principles of Marxism, in general, and of historical materialism in particular.

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empiriomonism (uncountable)

  1. (historical) Alexander Bogdanov's philosophy of cognition and being. Based on the neutral monist philosophy of Ernst Mach and Richard Avenarius (empiriocriticism), empiriomonism was an attempt to provide a modern, scientific proof of the principles of Marxism, in general, and of historical materialism in particular.
    • This ideology, it need hardly be said, would be that of empiriomonism, as the most radical thought-form eschewing the traditional fetishes of metaphysics.1978 [1976], Leszek Kołakowski, translated by P[aul] S[teven] Falla, Main Currents of Marxism, volume II: The Golden Age, Oxford: Clarendon Press, translation of Główne nurty marksizmu: rozwój (in...

Questions about empiriomonism

What does empiriomonism mean?
Empiriomonism means alexander Bogdanov's philosophy of cognition and being. Based on the neutral monist philosophy of Ernst Mach and Richard Avenarius (empiriocriticism), empiriomonism was an attempt to provide a modern, scientific proof of the principles of Marxism, in general, and of historical materialism in particular.
What part of speech is empiriomonism?
Empiriomonism is a noun.

Words near empiriomonism in the dictionary

  1. empiriocritic
  2. empiriocritical
  3. empiriocriticism
  4. empiriocritics
  5. empiriological
  6. empiriomonism
  7. empiriomonist
  8. empiriomonists
  9. empirism
  10. empirisms
  11. empiristic

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