Associations to the word «Rationalism»

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

Words are but symbols for the relations of things to one another and to us; nowhere do they touch upon absolute truth.
Friedrich Nietzsche