Rationalism
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Rationalism is a philosophical doctrine that emphasizes reason and logical deduction as the primary sources of knowledge and justification, often in contrast to empiricism’s focus on sensory experience.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Rationalism canonical | 11 |
| Dutch Rationalism | 1 |
| rationalism | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Rationalism Context triple: [Météores, philosophicalMovement, Rationalism]
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A.
Enlightenment rationalism
Enlightenment rationalism is an intellectual movement that emphasized reason, individual rights, and secular inquiry as the primary means for understanding and improving society.
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Leibnizian rationalism
Leibnizian rationalism is a philosophical tradition rooted in the work of Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz that emphasizes innate ideas, logical principles, and a metaphysical system of monads governed by pre-established harmony to explain reality.
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Platonism
Platonism is a philosophical doctrine rooted in Plato’s ideas, emphasizing the existence of abstract, non-material Forms or universals as the most real and fundamental aspects of reality.
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D.
Cartesianism
Cartesianism is the philosophical system developed by René Descartes, centered on rationalism, mind–body dualism, and the use of methodical doubt to establish certain knowledge.
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E.
Spinozism
Spinozism is the philosophical system of Baruch Spinoza, characterized by a strict monism in which God and Nature are identified as a single infinite substance governed by rational, necessary laws.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Rationalism Target entity description: Rationalism is a philosophical doctrine that emphasizes reason and logical deduction as the primary sources of knowledge and justification, often in contrast to empiricism’s focus on sensory experience.
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A.
Enlightenment rationalism
Enlightenment rationalism is an intellectual movement that emphasized reason, individual rights, and secular inquiry as the primary means for understanding and improving society.
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B.
Leibnizian rationalism
Leibnizian rationalism is a philosophical tradition rooted in the work of Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz that emphasizes innate ideas, logical principles, and a metaphysical system of monads governed by pre-established harmony to explain reality.
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C.
Platonism
Platonism is a philosophical doctrine rooted in Plato’s ideas, emphasizing the existence of abstract, non-material Forms or universals as the most real and fundamental aspects of reality.
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D.
Cartesianism
Cartesianism is the philosophical system developed by René Descartes, centered on rationalism, mind–body dualism, and the use of methodical doubt to establish certain knowledge.
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E.
Spinozism
Spinozism is the philosophical system of Baruch Spinoza, characterized by a strict monism in which God and Nature are identified as a single infinite substance governed by rational, necessary laws.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
epistemological doctrine
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intellectual movement ⓘ philosophical position ⓘ theory of knowledge ⓘ |
| aimsAt | certain and necessary knowledge ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Baruch Spinoza
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Christian Wolff ⓘ Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz ⓘ Nicolas Malebranche ⓘ René Descartes ⓘ |
| contrastsWith | Empiricism ⓘ |
| debatedBy |
David Hume
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George Berkeley ⓘ John Locke ⓘ |
| developedIn |
17th century
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18th century ⓘ |
| downplays | sensory experience as the primary source of knowledge ⓘ |
| emphasizes |
a priori knowledge
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deductive reasoning ⓘ innate ideas ⓘ reason ⓘ |
| field | philosophy ⓘ |
| hasCorePrinciple |
knowledge can be gained a priori
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logical deduction is central to justification ⓘ reason is a primary source of knowledge ⓘ some truths are knowable independently of sense experience ⓘ |
| hasMethod |
conceptual analysis
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deductive reasoning from self-evident principles ⓘ |
| hasVariant |
Continental rationalism
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Critical rationalism ⓘ Ethical rationalism ⓘ Religious rationalism ⓘ |
| hasViewOn |
clear and distinct ideas are a mark of truth
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innate ideas exist in the mind ⓘ mathematics provides paradigms of certain knowledge ⓘ necessary truths can be known by reason alone ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | Early modern philosophy ⓘ |
| influenced |
Continental philosophy
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Enlightenment thought ⓘ mathematical philosophy ⓘ modern epistemology ⓘ rationalist theology ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Ancient Greek philosophy
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linked to:
Greek philosophy
Plato ⓘ Stoicism ⓘ |
| opposedBy | Empiricism ⓘ |
| originatedIn | Europe ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Coherentism
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Foundationalism ⓘ Rational choice theory ⓘ |
| subfield | epistemology ⓘ |
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Referenced by (13)
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