non-empirical

Updated: July 15, 2026

That is to say, Hegel avowedly excludes from his idealistic theory of universals the "concrete" of sensation, perception, intuition, or real experience, and admits into it only the "concrete" of pure or non-empirical thought; while I avowedly exclude from my realistic theory of universals the "concrete" of pure thought, and admit into it only the "concrete" of real experience.

Francis Ellingwood Abbot - A Public Appeal for Redress to the Corporation and Overseers of Harvard University: Professor Royce's Libel