rationalist
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- adjective
- /ˈræʃənəlɪst/
- Formal
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racionalista
- In a rationalist framework, evidence and logic are prioritized over intuition and personal beliefs.
- rationalist interpretations
- rationalist philosopher
- rationalist explanation
You know, I mean, he is the last standing avatar of the rationalist spirit.
- You know, I mean, he is the last standing avatar of the rationalist spirit.
- And the other thing I'll point out too is that there are rationalist tendencies within lock pretty strongly.
- And then our cognitive sort of rationalist mind that says that answers the question, why did you pick this thing that you didn't actually pick?
Examples
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Many philosophers argue that the rationalist view is essential for understanding the nature of knowledge.
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More fundamentally, the end of history is the completion of the rationalist project to turn philosophy into wisdom.
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According to the rationalist perspective, wars are indeed an extension of negotiation.
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However, the regimes studied by rationalist approaches are also important.
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The search for a universal language is therefore common to both rationalist and anti-rationalist traditions in the West.
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What the researcher realizes is that he must go beyond the narrow rationalist model supported by his director.
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One scholar viewed it as a profound political struggle between rationalist Christianity and Protestant orthodoxy.
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Levinas seeks to overcome the fundamental rationalist, egocentric presuppositions of Western philosophical ethics.
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For example, Kant's critique effectively undermined rationalist theories of self-evident moral principles, on which earlier modern philosophers relied.
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The rationalist approach emphasizes that true knowledge comes from reason rather than emotion.
Synonyms
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Based on reason rather than feelings or belief
How Rational
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Etymology
Rationalist comes from the Latin root ratio 'reason'. As an adjective, rationalist describes ideas or approaches that put logic and careful thinking first, so it means 'based on reason'.