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Rationalism

Ra′tion-al-ism

(răsh′ŭn-al-ĭz’m)
,
Noun.
[Cf. F.
rationalisme
.]
1.
(Theol.)
The doctrine or system of those who deduce their religious opinions from reason or the understanding, as distinct from, or opposed to, revelation.
2.
(Philos.)
The system that makes rational power the ultimate test of truth; – opposed to sensualism, or sensationalism, and empiricism.
Fleming.

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rationalism

rationalism

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rationalism (countable and uncountable, plural rationalisms)

  1. (philosophy) The theory that the basis of knowledge is reason, rather than experience or divine revelation.

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