Ramian

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adjective

Of or pertaining to the thought of Petrus Ramus (1515-1572), French philosopher, humanist, logician, and educational reformer.

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adjectiveRamian (comparative more Ramian, superlative most Ramian)

comparative more Ramian · superlative most Ramian

  1. Of or pertaining to the thought of Petrus Ramus (1515-1572), French philosopher, humanist, logician, and educational reformer.
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    Sixth, in the intellectual life of our culture, paradigms and categories of analysis adapted long ago from Ramian dialectica, classical and Newtonian physics, and Hegelian Marxian dialectics are being superseded by paradigms more appropriate to a vastly expanded store of knowledge and the consequent reorganization of contemporary experience.

    2000, Bruce Michelson, Literary Wit, University of Massachusetts Press, page 5

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