English-Portuguese translations for rationalism

racionalismoA sociedade internacional, guiada pelo senso comum e pelo racionalismo, sofreu uma enorme mutação. International society, guided by common sense and rationalism, has completed an enormous about-turn. Por um lado, um falso racionalismo dirigido à despesa que custa, por outro, uma expressão de piedade em relação ao mal que causa. On the one hand false rationalism aimed at the expense it involves, and on the other pious words about the harm it does. Somos os herdeiros do humanismo da Renascença e do racionalismo do Iluminismo e, quer o admitamos, quer não, temos também uma herança cristã. 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.

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

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