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Definitions of rationalism in various dictionaries:
noun - (philosophy) the doctrine that knowledge is acquired by reason without resort to experience
noun - the theological doctrine that human reason rather than divine revelation establishes religious truth
noun - the doctrine that reason is the right basis for regulating conduct
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Secular thought a mortal sin I suspect |
Practice of basing actions on reason |
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Feb 9 2008 The Times - Concise |
May 14 2005 The Times - Cryptic |
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the practice or principle of basing opinions and actions on reason and knowledge rather than on religious belief or emotional response. |
Reliance on reason as the best guide for belief and action. |
Philosophy The theory that the exercise of reason, rather than experience, authority, or spiritual revelation, provides the primary basis for knowledge. |
the belief or principle that actions and opinions should be based on reason rather than on emotion or religion |
the belief or principle that actions and opinions should be based on reason |
the doctrine that reason is the right basis for regulating conduct |
(philosophy) the doctrine that knowledge is acquired by reason without resort to experience |
the theological doctrine that human reason rather than divine revelation establishes religious truth |
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In philosophy, rationalism is the epistemological view that "regards reason as the chief source and test of knowledge" or "any view appealing to reason as a source of knowledge or justification". More formally, rationalism is defined as a methodology or a theory "in which the criterion of the truth is not sensory but intellectual and deductive".In an old controversy, rationalism was opposed to empiricism, where the rationalists believed that reality has an intrinsically logical structure. Because of this, the rationalists argued that certain truths exist and that the intellect can directly grasp these truths. That is to say, rationalists asserted that certain rational principles exist in logic, mathematics, ethics, and metaphysics that are so fundamentally true that denying them causes one to fall into contradiction. The rationalists had such a high confidence in reason that empirical proof and physical evidence were regarded as unnecessary to ascertain certain truths in other words, |