Definition of intuitionism
1a : a doctrine that objects of perception are intuitively known to be real
b : a doctrine that there are basic truths intuitively known
2 : a doctrine that right or wrong or fundamental principles about what is right and wrong can be intuited
3 : a philosophical thesis that human beings have a direct intuitive understanding of mathematics and that rejects the principle that every mathematical statement must be true or false
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The first known use of intuitionism was in 1847
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