noun
Philosophical term referring to the doctrine that knowledge is based on principles that are independent of experience, often associated with Kantian philosophy.
カントの先験論は、経験に先立つ認識の枠組みを探求する。
Kant's transcendentalism explores the framework of cognition that precedes experience.
Compound of 先 (prior), 験 (test/experience), and 論 (theory/discourse), likely coined as a translation of the Western philosophical term 'transcendentalism'.