the doctrine that reason is the basis for regulating conduct Offering a religious rationale for policy goals threatens what for many has become the cherished principle of secular rationalism in public [..]

the belief that all behavior, opinions, etc. should be based on reason rather than on emotions or religious beliefsCheck pronunciation: rationalism

n. The formation of opinions by relying upon reason alone, independently of authority.

A mode of philosophical and intellectual outlook and inquiry, originating in Enlightenment thought during the eighteenth century, in which reason and deduction, as opposed to experience or spiritual r [..]

A movement in the 18th century Protestantism which abandoned the idea of Biblical inerrancy and adopted the belief that the Bible can be analyzed as a historical document. Some Rationalists assert tha [..]

The reliance on logic, observation, and reason to guide one’s behavior and beliefs.

normal'>The philosophical view that knowledge comes primarily by reasoning that is independent of sensory experience.

Rationalism is a theory that recognises reason as the unique source of true knowledge.

The belief that the most fundamental knowledge is based on reason and that truth can only be arrived at by rational analysis of ideas, independent of empirical data, emotions, or prior authority.

yes">  Especially during the Enlightenment, the belief or doctrine that reason alone should dictate opinions and actions. 

(n) (philosophy) the doctrine that knowledge is acquired by reason without resort to experience(n) the theological doctrine that human reason rather than divine revelation establishes religious truth( [..]

Rationalism emphasises the role of Reason in arriving at true knowledge, as opposed to. Empiricism, which emphasises the role of Experience and sense perception in knowledge. There are both idealist a [..]

(1) the practice or principle of basing opinions and actions on reason rather than on (religious) belief or emotions. (2) the philosophical theory that reason rather than experience is the foundation [..]

a method of enquiry that privileges deductive reasoning over sensory experience. In its extreme formulation epistemological rationalism is the belief that all the truths of physical science and even h [..]

A movement in the 18 th century Protestantism which abandoned the idea of Biblical inerrancy and adopted the belief that the Bible can be analyzed as a historical document. Some Rationalists assert that the existence of some form of deity can be proven by reason. Others see Rationalism and Atheism as synonyms. (Religious Tolerance )