煩はん瑣さ哲てつ学がく

noun

scholastic philosophy; scholasticism

Refers to medieval scholastic philosophy, often used derogatorily to imply overly subtle, impractical, or pedantic reasoning. The cross-reference スコラ哲学 is a more neutral term for the same concept.

See also: スコラ哲学

• 彼かれの議ぎ論ろんは煩はん瑣さ哲てつ学がくに陥おちいっている。

  His argument has fallen into scholastic hair-splitting.

• 煩はん瑣さ哲てつ学がくのような細こまかい議ぎ論ろんは実じつ務むでは役やくに立たたない。

  Minute arguments like those of scholastic philosophy are useless in practical work.