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
It is better wither to be silent, or to say things of more
value than silence. Sooner throw a pearl at hazard than an
idle or useless word; and do not say a little in many words,
but a great deal in a few.