单词 | nullism |
释义 | nullismn. Now rare. The fact or quality of being null; (Philosophy) the rejection of all knowledge, of reality, etc. (cf. nihilism n. 1a). ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > scepticism > [noun] > nihilism nihilism1812 nullism1831 1831 T. Carlyle in Fraser's Mag. 3 130 With ourselves too, who are troubled with no controversies..the Bowles controversy on Pope having long since evaporated without result, and all critical guild-brethren now working diligently..in the calmer sphere of Vapidism or even Nullism. 1870 Catholic World Sept. 721/2 Herbert Spencer, Stuart Mill, and the late Sir William Hamilton..agree with the Comtists or positivists in rejecting first principles from the domain of science, and in relegating theology and metaphysics to the region of the unknown and the unknowable. Their labors consequently result..in universal nescience, or, as we say, absolute nihilism or nullism. 1943 Philos. Rev. 52 67 In case an A proposition should have a null subject, in the conventional sense, and a not-null predicate, it is then a false proposition, notwithstanding the contention of nullism that such a proposition may be true. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1831 |
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