What is the doctrine of innate ideas, or that the mind possesses forms of thought independent of sensation called?
nativism — (Philos.) The doctrine of innate ideas, or that the mind possesses forms of thought independent of sensation. (Webster's 1913.)
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- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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