Rationalism
11Rationalism — 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… …
12rationalism — [[t]ræ̱ʃənəlɪzəm[/t]] N UNCOUNT Rationalism is the belief that your life should be based on reason and logic, rather than emotions or religious beliefs. Coleridge was to spend the next thirty years attacking rationalism. ...the scientific… …
13rationalism — The traditional philosophical definition of rationalism is the doctrine that all of our knowledge comes from or is dependent on reason, as opposed to experience . In this sense, Descartes, Spinoza and Leibniz are rationalists, and Plato was an …
14rationalism — Any philosophy magnifying the role played by unaided reason, in the acquisition and justification of knowledge. The preference for reason over sense experience as a source of knowledge began with the Eleatics, and played a central role in… …
15rationalism — Used loosely to indicate a rejection of faith or religion, and more strictly a view that all knowledge can be expressed in the form of a system, and that, in principle, everything can be known. In sociology it is sometimes used to refer to the… …
16rationalism — ra|tion|al|is|m [ˈræʃənəlızəm] n [U] technical the belief that your actions should be based on scientific thinking rather than emotions or religious beliefs ▪ philosophers who accept scientific rationalism …
17Rationalism (disambiguation) — Rationalism may refer to:* Rationalism, a philosophical position, theory, or view that reason is the source of knowledge * Rationalism (theology), same philosophical theory applied in theology, contrary to revelation * Rationalist movement, a… …
18Rationalism (architecture) — Teatro Carlo Felice, designed by Aldo Rossi, who is considered the founder of neo rationalism The intellectual principles of rationalism are based on architectural theory. Vitruvius had already established in his work De Architectura that… …
19rationalism — noun Date: 1827 1. reliance on reason as the basis for establishment of religious truth 2. a. a theory that reason is in itself a source of knowledge superior to and independent of sense perceptions b. a view that reason and experience rather… …
20rationalism — noun The theory that the basis of knowledge is reason rather than experience, or divine revelation Syn: intellectualism Ant …
