phenomenalism(n.)
"现象是唯一的现实或知识对象的哲学学说或思维方式",1856年,基督教背景下使用(与 materialism 相对),由 phenomenal 和 -ism 组成。早期在相同的意义上使用的是 phenomenism(1830年)。相关词汇有 Phenomenalist(1856年)。
I AM about to try to explain a manner of thought which, in various applications, or perhaps misapplications, of it, I have been in the habit of mentally characterizing, and perhaps of speaking of, as 'positivism.' I shall now however not use this term, but the term 'phenomenalism.' I understand the two terms to express in substance the same thing .... The reason for the change is, because in the purely intellectual application which I shall now make of the term, ''phenomenalism' may perhaps carry with it less danger of extraneous associations being joined with it, and may express what I mean more generally .... [John Grote, "Rough Notes on Modern Intellectual Science," 1865]
我将试图解释一种思维方式,它在各种应用中,或许是误用中,我一直在习惯性地描述,也许是在口头上称之为“实证主义”。但现在我不会使用这个术语,而是使用“现象主义”这个术语。我理解这两个术语在实质上表达了同样的事情……改变的原因是,因为在我现在要进行的纯粹智力应用中,“现象主义”可能会带有较少的附加关联,并且可能更普遍地表达我的意思。(约翰·格罗特,“对现代智力科学的粗略笔记”,1865年)
该词起源时间:1856年