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
We should have a great fewer disputes in the world if words
were taken for what they are, the signs of our ideas only,
and not for things themselves.