pure reason

noun, Kantianism.
1.
reason based on a priori principles and providing a unifying ground for the perception of the phenomenal world.
Examples from the web for pure reason
  • Morality is not an ahistorical product of universal pure reason.
  • People aren't dictated by pure reason, emotions come into play.
  • Yet that wonders perfect triangle exists only in the human mind, visible only to pure reason.