Rationalism
31rationalism — ra•tion•al•ism [[t]ˈræʃ ə nlˌɪz əm[/t]] n. 1) the principle or habit of accepting reason as the supreme authority in matters of opinion, belief, or conduct 2) pho a) a philosophic doctrine that reason alone is a source of knowledge and is… …
32rationalism — /ˈræʃnəlɪzəm / (say rashnuhlizuhm) noun 1. the principle or habit of accepting reason as the supreme authority in matters of opinion, beliefs, or conduct. 2. Philosophy a. the theory that reason is in itself a source of knowledge independently of …
33rationalism — This term (from the Latin ratio, meaning reason or calculation ) refers to a broad range of philosophical positions that maintain that human reason is the final determinant of truth …
34rationalism — n. belief in truth and supreme power of reason; philosophical theory of reason as source of knowledge; deductive method. ♦ rationalist, n. ♦ rationalistic, a …
35rationalism — s ( en) åskådning som betonar förnuftets roll och det praktiskt ändamålsenligas betydelse …
36rationalism — n. 1 Philos. the theory that reason is the foundation of certainty in knowledge (opp. EMPIRICISM (see EMPIRIC), SENSATIONALISM). 2 Theol. the practice of treating reason as the ultimate authority in religion. 3 a belief in reason rather than… …
37RATIONALISM, MODERN — a speculative point of view that resolves the supernatural into the natural, inspiration into observation, and revelation into what its adherents called reason, when they mean simply understanding, and which ends in stripping us naked, and… …
38Critical rationalism — is an epistemological philosophy advanced by Karl Popper. Popper wrote about critical rationalism in his works, The Open Society and its Enemies Volume 2, and Conjectures and Refutations. Contents 1 Criticism, not support 2 Not justificationism …
39Moral rationalism — Moral rationalism, also called ethical rationalism, is a view in meta ethics (specifically the epistemology of ethics) according to which moral truths (or at least general moral principles) are knowable a priori, by reason alone. Some prominent… …
40Economic rationalism — is an Australian term in discussion of microeconomic policy, applicable to the economic policy of many governments around the world, in particular during the 1980s and 1990s.Economic rationalists tend to favour Deregulation, Privatisation, a free …
