English-French translations for rationalism

• rationalisme
  La société internationale, guidée par le bon sens et le rationalisme, a changé radicalement d'approche. International society, guided by common sense and rationalism, has completed an enormous about-turn.
  Nous sommes les héritiers de l'humanisme de la Renaissance et du rationalisme des Lumières. Que nous l'admettions ou pas, nous avons aussi un héritage chrétien. We are the heirs to the humanism of the Renaissance and rationalism of the Enlightenment and, regardless of whether we admit it or not, we also have a Christian heritage.

Definition of rationalism

• The theory that the reason is a source of knowledge independent of and superior to sense perception
• A view that the fundamental method for problem solving is through reason and experience rather than faith, inspiration, revelation, intuition or authority
• Elaboration of theories by use of reason alone without appeal to experience, such as in mathematical systems

Related words

• rationalistic
• irrationalist
• rationalise
• rationalist
• operationalism
• irrationalism
• rationalistically
• rationalisation
• antirationalism