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経験的概念 (けいけんてきがいねん) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

経けい験けん的てき概がい念ねん

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Meanings

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noun

empirical concept

A concept derived from or based on experience, as opposed to a priori concepts. Used in philosophy and epistemology.

経けい験けん的てき概がい念ねんは、感かん覚かく経けい験けんから形けい成せいされる。
Empirical concepts are formed from sensory experience.
カントは経けい験けん的てき概がい念ねんと

純じゅん

粋すい

概がい

念ねん

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区く

別べつ

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Kant distinguished between empirical concepts and pure concepts.

Kanji

経sutra, longitude, pass thru
験verification, effect, testing
的bull's eye, mark, target
概outline, condition, approximation
念wish, sense, idea

Similar words

純じゅん粋すい概がい念ねん
純粋概念 (pure concept) is a priori and not derived from experience, contrasting with 経験的概念 which is based on experience.

Etymology

Compound of 経験的 (empirical) + 概念 (concept). A calque from Western philosophical terminology, likely from German 'empirischer Begriff' or English 'empirical concept'.