intuitionist

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(ĭn′to͞o-ĭsh′ə-nĭz′əm, -tyo͞o-)

n. Philosophy

1. The theory that certain truths or ethical principles are known by intuition rather than reason.

2. The theory that external objects of perception are immediately known to be real by intuition.

3. The view that the subject matter of mathematics consists of the mental or symbolic constructions of mathematicians rather than independent and timeless abstractions, as is held in Platonism.

in′tu·i′tion·ist n.

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intuitionist - of or relating to intuitionism

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