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In philosophy, transcendence is the basic ground concept from the word's literal meaning (from Latin), of climbing or going beyond, albeit with varying connotations in its different historical and cultural stages.
The transcendentals (Latin: transcendentalia, from transcendere "to exceed") are "properties of being", nowadays commonly considered to be truth, unity (oneness), beauty, and goodness.
A transcendental argument is a kind of deductive argument that appeals to the necessary conditions that make experience and knowledge possible. [1] [2] Transcendental arguments may have additional standards of justification which are more demanding than those of traditional deductive arguments. [3]
Transcendentalism is a philosophical, spiritual, and literary movement that developed in the late 1820s and 1830s in the New England region of the United States. [1] [2] [3] A core belief is in the inherent goodness of people and nature, [1] and while society and its institutions have corrupted the purity of the individual, people are at their best when truly "self-reliant" and independent.
In religion, transcendence is the aspect of existence that is completely independent of the material universe, beyond all known physical laws.This is related to the nature and power of deities as well as other spiritual or supernatural beings and forces.
Transcendental number, a number that is not the root of any polynomial with rational coefficients; Algebraic element or transcendental element, an element of a field extension that is not the root of any polynomial with coefficients from the base field
In philosophy, transcendence refers to an understanding of the mind's innate ability to process sensory evidence, [8] employed as a theoretical perspective to define the structures of being as a framework to analyse the emergence and validation of knowledge. [9] According to Kantian philosophy, transcendental philosophy is defined a priori. [4]
Transcendental idealism is a philosophical system [1] founded by German philosopher Immanuel Kant in the 18th century. Kant's epistemological program [2] is found throughout his Critique of Pure Reason (1781).