Associations to the word «Rationalism»
Noun
- Materialism
- Humanism
- Romanticism
- Enlightenment
- Descartes
- Idealism
- Kant
- Skepticism
- Mysticism
- Liberalism
- Rationality
- Modernism
- Ism
- Hume
- Realism
- Modernity
- Protestantism
- Orthodoxy
- Locke
- Worldview
- Critique
- Dogma
- Philo
- Hegel
- Philosophy
- Intuition
- Gottfried
- Fascism
- Nietzsche
- Wolff
- Theology
- Superstition
- Thinker
- Socialism
- Revelation
- Nationalism
- Lutheran
- Rebirth
- Aquinas
- Rabbinic
- Eighteenth
- Neo
- Philosopher
- Doctrine
- Rejection
- Ethic
- Universal
- Unitarian
- Conservatism
- Reasoning
- Marxism
- Christianity
- Rousseau
- Proponent
- Deco
- Nineteenth
- Abstraction
- Morality
- Justification
- Theologian
- Voltaire
- Religion
- Reformation
- Bureaucracy
- Strauss
- Ideology
- Intellect
- Deduction
- Ethics
- Paine
- Judaism
- Reject
Adjective
Wiktionary
RATIONALISM, noun. (philosophy) The theory that the basis of knowledge is reason, rather than experience or divine revelation.
Dictionary definition
RATIONALISM, noun. (philosophy) the doctrine that knowledge is acquired by reason without resort to experience.
RATIONALISM, noun. The theological doctrine that human reason rather than divine revelation establishes religious truth.
RATIONALISM, noun. The doctrine that reason is the right basis for regulating conduct.
Wise words
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