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UK
/ɹˈæʃənəlˌɪzəm/
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NOUN
- the doctrine that reason is the right basis for regulating conduct
- (philosophy) the doctrine that knowledge is acquired by reason without resort to experience
- the theological doctrine that human reason rather than divine revelation establishes religious truth
How To Use rationalism In A Sentence
- Our intellectual culture demands that every idea or phenomenon be subjected to the unrelenting rigour of rationalism, or excesses of scientism.
- Therefore, they resisted what they perceived as American extremes of rationalism and indifferentism, precisely as did their Protestant and Catholic colleagues.
- The breakthrough toward subjectivism is indeed compelling but rationalism was not finished yet for all that.
- The long conservative debate with liberals and secularists gave the movement more than a tinge of rationalism and empiricism.
- Moreover, in place of relativistic cosmology's inductive empiricism, Milne opted for a hypothetico-deductive rationalism.
- Confucian thought is characterized by a spirit of humanism, rationalism, and moralism.
- Taxing capital gains on home sales - partially offset by the abolition of stamp duty - would break this cycle of irrationalism. Times, Sunday Times
- I'm not sure about that, but I am hopeful that Anglican theology, with its middle way between liberal rationalism and dogmatic traditionalism, can save the historical quest for Jesus.
- Clearly inflected by the more profound nuances of Japanese tradition, Pawson's spirit of sensuous rationalism meets such pragmatic challenges head on.
- We Westerners love confronting the inadequacy of our rationalism and Amagatu capitalises on that, giving us also polished performances and exquisite stagecraft to hold our attention when our metaphysical appreciation wanes.
