
1) Deiist 2) Deism 3) Deistic 4) Freethinking
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1) French word used in English 2) Philosophical concept 3) Philosophical doctrine 4) Philosophical theory 5) Philosophy of mind 6) Type of philosophy
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In epistemology, rationalism is the 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`. Rationali...
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[international relations] Rationalism in politics is often seen as the midpoint in the three major political viewpoints of realism, rationalism, and internationalism. Whereas Realism and Internationalism are both on ends of the scale, rationalism tends to occupy the middle ground on most issues, and finds compromise between these two confli...
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belief that reason is the fundamental source of knowledge
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the approach to philosophy that regards logic and rational* argument as the fundamental means of finding philosophical truth. Rationalists usually tend to mistrust evidence based solely on the senses*. Descartes is a typical example of a rationalist. (Cf. empiricism.)
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• (n.) The system that makes rational power the ultimate test of truth; -- opposed to sensualism, or sensationalism, and empiricism. • (n.) The doctrine or system of those who deduce their religious opinions from reason or the understanding, as distinct from, or opposed to, revelation.
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the philosophical view that regards reason as the chief source and test of knowledge. Holding that reality itself has an inherently logical ... [33 related articles]
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A philosophical approach based on the view that reality has a logical structure accessible to deductive reasoning and proof, and holding, as against empiricism, that reason unsupported by sense experience is a source of 'synthetic knowledge' – knowledge, primarily of certain fundamental concep...
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Theory that reason is the foundation of certainty in knowledge, the attitude of mind which unreservedly accepts the supremacy of reason. A rationalist is beyond dogma, and believes nothing is beyond questioning, as nothing is absolutely certain to be true. However, some things are more reasonably likely to be true than others, and it is personal, r...
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In architecture, an Italian movement of the 1920s which grew out of a reaction to the extremes of
Futurism. It was led by Gruppo 7, a loose association of young Italian architects, headed by...
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In theology, the belief that human reason rather than divine revelation is the correct means of ascertaining truth and regulating behaviour. In philosophy, rationalism takes the view that...
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1. The doctrine or system of those who deduce their religious opinions from reason or the understanding, as distinct from, or opposed to, revelation. ... 2. <philosophy> The system that makes rational power the ultimate test of truth; opposed to sensualism, or sensationalism, and empiricism. ... Origin: Cf. F. Rationalisme. ... Source: Webste...
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Ra'tion·al·ism (răsh'ŭn*
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noun [ Confer French
rationalisme .]
1. (Theol.) The doctrine or system of those who deduce their religious opinions from reason or the understanding, as distinct from, or opposed to, revelation.
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a theory or method based on the thesis that human reason can in principle be the source of all knowledge. In the modern period, rationalism was initially championed by René Descartes and spread during the 17th and 18th centuries, primarily in continental Europe. It is opposed with empiricism.
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[
n] - the theological doctrine that human reason rather than divine revelation establishes religious truth 2. [n] - the doctrine that knowledge is acquired by reason without resort to experience 3. [n] - the doctrine that reason is the right basis for regulating conduct
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noun the doctrine that reason is the right basis for regulating conduct
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A method, or very broadly, a theory of philosophy, in which the criterion of truth is not sensory but intellectual and deductive. Usually associated with an attempt to introduce mathematical methods into philosophy, as in Descartes, Leibniz and Spinoza. -- V.J.B. The history of rationalism begins with the Eleitics (q.v.). Pythagoreans and Plato (q....
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In theology, the belief that human reason rather than divine revelation is the correct means of ascertaining truth and regulating behaviour. In philosophy, rationalism takes the view that self-evident a priori propositions (deduced by reason alone) are the sole basis of all knowledge. It is usually contrasted with empiricism, which argues that ...
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The doctrine that genuine knowledge, or at least the most significant kind of knowledge, is not established by sense-experience, or at least not by sense-experience alone, and so is wholly or at least to a significant extent A PRIORI. Contrast EMPIRICISM
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the doctrine that reason is the basis for regulating conduct
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[Philosophical isms] the doctrine that reason is the basis for regulating conduct
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[Intelligent words] the doctrine that reason is the basis for regulating conduct
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