Hypertext Webster Gateway: "rationalism"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Rationalism \Ra"tion*al*ism\, n. [Cf. F. rationalisme.]
1. (Theol.) The doctrine or system of those who deduce their
religious opinions from reason or the understanding, as
distinct from, or opposed to, revelation.
2. (Philos.) The system that makes rational power the
ultimate test of truth; -- opposed to sensualism, or
sensationalism, and empiricism. --Fleming.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
rationalism
n 1: the doctrine that knowledge is acquired by reason without
resort to experience
2: the theological doctrine that human reason rather than
divine revelation establishes religious truth
3: the doctrine that reason is the right basis for regulating
conduct [syn: {freethinking}]
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