platonistic
1Platonistic — adjective see Platonism …
2Platonistic — See Platonist. * * * …
3platonistic — pla·to·nis·tic …
4Platonistic — adjective pertaining to or characteristic of or in accordance with Platonism • Pertains to noun: ↑Platonism • Derivationally related forms: ↑Platonism * * * |plātən|istik, tēk adjective 1. often capitalized a …
5mathematics, philosophy of — Branch of philosophy concerned with the epistemology and ontology of mathematics. Early in the 20th century, three main schools of thought called logicism, formalism, and intuitionism arose to account for and resolve the crisis in the foundations …
6Where Mathematics Comes From — Where Mathematics Comes From: How the Embodied Mind Brings Mathematics into Being (hereinafter WMCF ) is a book by George Lakoff, a cognitive linguist, and Rafael E. Núñez, a psychologist. Published in 2000, WMCF seeks to found a cognitive… …
7logic, history of — Introduction the history of the discipline from its origins among the ancient Greeks to the present time. Origins of logic in the West Precursors of ancient logic There was a medieval tradition according to which the Greek philosopher …
8St. Justin Martyr — St. Justin Martyr † Catholic Encyclopedia ► St. Justin Martyr Christian apologist, born at Flavia Neapolis, about A.D. 100, converted to Christianity about A.D. 130, taught and defended the Christian religion in Asia Minor and at Rome …
9The Logos — The Logos † Catholic Encyclopedia ► The Logos The word Logos is the term by which Christian theology in the Greek language designates the Word of God, or Second Person of the Blessed Trinity. Before St. John had consecrated this term… …
10Platonism — noun Date: circa 1570 1. a. the philosophy of Plato stressing especially that actual things are copies of transcendent ideas and that these ideas are the objects of true knowledge apprehended by reminiscence b. Neoplatonism 2. platonic love •… …
