rationalism
理性主义,合理主义,理论主义,理性论
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- : the principle or habit of accepting reason as the supreme authority in matters of opinion, belief, or conduct.
- : Philosophy. the doctrine that reason alone is a source of knowledge and is independent of experience. the doctrine that all knowledge is expressible in self-evident propositions or their consequences.
- : Theology. the doctrine that human reason, unaided by divine revelation, is an adequate or the sole guide to all attainable religious truth.
- : Architecture. a design movement principally of the mid-19th century that emphasized the development of modern ornament integrated with structure and the decorative use of materials and textures rather than as added adornment.the doctrines and practices of this movement.Compare functionalism.
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Today, most of us view scientific rationalism and spiritualist belief as mutually exclusive.
Raymond Guidot, the French design expert, says that Bellini came to Olivetti as "the champion of utter rationalism."
Yes, Holmes was the quintessence of the Victorian rationalism, “the most perfect and reasoning machine that the world had seen.”
He was the founder of Tao-tze, a kind of rationalism, which at present has millions of adherents in China.
The denial of universal ideas is rationalism and materialism in philosophy, as it is Pelagianism and Arminianism in theology.
Anselm had successfully battled with the rationalism of Roscelin, and also had furnished a new argument for the existence of God.
Similar superstitions attached to somnabulism; see Lecky, “History of Rationalism,” vol.
How far the gloomy materialism and superficial rationalism of Lewes may have affected the opinions of Miss Evans we cannot tell.