Rationalism
['ræʃ(ə)n(ə)lɪz(ə)m] or ['ræʃnə'lɪzəm]
Definition
(noun.) the doctrine that reason is the right basis for regulating conduct.
(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.
Checker: Melva--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) The doctrine or system of those who deduce their religious opinions from reason or the understanding, as distinct from, or opposed to, revelation.
(n.) The system that makes rational power the ultimate test of truth; -- opposed to sensualism, or sensationalism, and empiricism.
Editor: Olaf
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. (Theol.) Neology, rationalistic interpretation (of the Scriptures).
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Examples
- Some of them are named scholasticism, sensationalism, rationalism, idealism, realism, empiricism, transcendentalism, pragmatism, etc. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- For an absolute reason is not, like the reason of rationalism, purely formal and empty; as absolute it must include all content within itself. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- The antithesis of empiricism and rationalism loses the support of the human situation which once gave it meaning and relative justification. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- We, in the midst of our science and our rationalism, are still making myths, and their force is felt in the actual affairs of life. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
Editor: Michel