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Preconception

noun

An opinion formed beforehand without adequate evidence. Synonyms: parti pris, preconceived idea, preconceived notion, preconceived opinion, prepossession.

A partiality that prevents objective consideration of an issue or situation. Synonyms: bias, prejudice.

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"Preconception" Quotes from Famous Books

... claims. . . . The terms of the adjustment of which I speak are briefly these: on the one hand, empirical investigation must precede rational interpretation, and this empirical investigation must be absolutely unhampered by fetters of dogmatism and preconception; on the other hand, rational interpretation must be equally free in its own province, since progress from the individual to the general, from the detached fact to its universal meaning, can be secured only by the judicious use of hypotheses, both metaphysical and speculative. ...

— An Introduction to Philosophy • George Stuart Fullerton

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