Rationalism
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Rationalism is a philosophical doctrine that emphasizes reason and logical deduction as the primary sources of knowledge and justification, often in contrast to empiricism’s focus on sensory experience.
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| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Rationalism canonical | 7 |
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
epistemological doctrine
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intellectual movement ⓘ philosophical position ⓘ theory of knowledge ⓘ |
| aimsAt | certain and necessary knowledge ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Baruch Spinoza
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Christian Wolff NERFINISHED ⓘ Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz NERFINISHED ⓘ Nicolas Malebranche NERFINISHED ⓘ René Descartes NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| contrastsWith | Empiricism ⓘ |
| debatedBy |
David Hume
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George Berkeley NERFINISHED ⓘ John Locke NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| developedIn |
17th century
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18th century ⓘ |
| downplays | sensory experience as the primary source of knowledge ⓘ |
| emphasizes |
a priori knowledge
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deductive reasoning ⓘ innate ideas ⓘ reason ⓘ |
| field | philosophy ⓘ |
| hasCorePrinciple |
knowledge can be gained a priori
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logical deduction is central to justification ⓘ reason is a primary source of knowledge ⓘ some truths are knowable independently of sense experience ⓘ |
| hasMethod |
conceptual analysis
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deductive reasoning from self-evident principles ⓘ |
| hasVariant |
Continental rationalism
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Critical rationalism ⓘ Ethical rationalism ⓘ Religious rationalism ⓘ |
| hasViewOn |
clear and distinct ideas are a mark of truth
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innate ideas exist in the mind ⓘ mathematics provides paradigms of certain knowledge ⓘ necessary truths can be known by reason alone ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | Early modern philosophy ⓘ |
| influenced |
Continental philosophy
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Enlightenment thought ⓘ mathematical philosophy ⓘ modern epistemology ⓘ rationalist theology ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Ancient Greek philosophy
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Plato ⓘ Stoicism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| opposedBy | Empiricism ⓘ |
| originatedIn | Europe NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Coherentism
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Foundationalism NERFINISHED ⓘ Rational choice theory ⓘ |
| subfield | epistemology ⓘ |
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