Definition of Regulative. Meaning of Regulative. Synonyms of Regulative
Here you will find one or more explanations in English for the word Regulative.
Also in the bottom left of the page several parts of wikipedia pages related to the word Regulative and, of course, Regulative synonyms and on the right images related to the word Regulative.
Definition of Regulative
Regulative Regulative Reg"u*la*tive (r?g"?*l?*t?v), a.
1. Tending to regulate; regulating. --Whewell.
2. (Metaph.) Necessarily assumed by the mind as fundamental
to all other knowledge; furnishing fundamental principles;
as, the regulative principles, or principles a priori; the
regulative faculty. --Sir W. Hamilton.
Note: These terms are borrowed from Kant, and suggest the
thought, allowed by Kant, that possibly these
principles are only true for the human mind, the
operations and belief of which they regulate.
