rationalistic
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- adjective
- /ˌræʃəˈnælɪstɪk/
- Formal
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racionalista
- Obviously, Epicurus does not think much of Aristotle's rationalistic approach to moral philosophy.
- rationalistic approach
- Rationalistic Tradition
- Western Rationalistic
And we can also talk about positivism and other, other movements that are going on as being more rationalistic or being more empiricist.
- And we can also talk about positivism and other, other movements that are going on as being more rationalistic or being more empiricist.
Examples
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Therefore, African ethics is essentially communitarian, unlike Western ethics, which tends to be rationalistic and discursive, or Christian/Catholic ethics, which is based largely on natural law.
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With its roots deep in the Enlightenment, adult education has long held a narrowly instrumentalist and rationalistic notion of human cognition and learning.
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18 Literacy indeed lies at the very foundation of the "Western rationalistic tradition."
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Others found this rationalistic approach unconvincing.
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First, it is the basic assumption of the Western Rationalistic Tradition that reality exists independently of our representations of it.
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Finally, a fifth point: it is basic to the Western Rationalistic Tradition that rationality and logic are formal.
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First, he exposes the fallacies behind the rationalistic approach of the Newtonian/Laplacean model.
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There are parallels between Lindblom and Friedrich Hayek, who also departs from a positivistic, rationalistic approach, emphasizing the epistemological dimension of the challenge of coordination.
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The philosopher emphasized that a rationalistic approach is essential for understanding the nature of knowledge.
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In his lecture, he argued that a rationalistic worldview prioritizes logic and reason over emotion.
Synonyms
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Expressing belief that reason and logic are the best way to know things
How Rational
Surface Forms
Morphology
rationalistic = rationalist (semi-transparent) = rational + ist + ic
Formation from 'rationalist' + '-ic' is a regular adjectival derivation, but the specialized philosophical sense (relating to rationalism) may be unfamiliar to average learners.
Etymology
The word rationalistic comes from the Latin root ratio, which means 'reason' or 'calculation' and is the same root in ratio and rational. The ending -istic means 'relating to', so rationalistic describes ideas or actions that are based on 'reason' rather than feeling.