rationalist philosophy. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
What seems to go hand-in-hand with this definition of SF as profoundly rationalist is the application of an oppositional definition as regards Fantasy. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2005-12-01] Reference
Burke was a conservative rationalist, which is something like an altruistic pessimist. From Wordnik.com. [Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great, Volume 7 Little Journeys to the Homes of Eminent Orators] Reference
What disturbs the so-called rationalist in the mystic's attitude is his propensity to see mysteries where there are none and to fail to see those that we cannot possibly escape. From Wordnik.com. [The Mind in the Making The Relation of Intelligence to Social Reform] Reference
What to do, for example, with someone who seemed as "rationalist" as Henry Hart Milman?. From Wordnik.com. [The Little Professor:] Reference
Ray, 'rationalist' and 'rat' share the first three letters, but they aren't related concepts. From Wordnik.com. [Deltoid] Reference
If Robin's point was merely that some "rationalist" clubs don't practice what they preach, I'd be the first to agree. From Wordnik.com. [EconLog] Reference
"rationalist" forms of modification of our views, recognizing. From Wordnik.com. [Reflective Equilibrium] Reference
'rationalist' meaning your devotee to abstract and eternal principles. From Wordnik.com. [Pragmatism] Reference
"rationalist" although the latter is a belief system all its own and not generally applied to a set of political precepts or principles. From Wordnik.com. [The Moderate Voice] Reference
Where are the howls of outrage from the rationalist media now?. From Wordnik.com. [The cheating wall game] Reference
Lisa asked with the disbelieving faith of a religious rationalist. From Wordnik.com. [Twin Moons] Reference
I simply just come back to the -- I mean, I'm a rationalist in politics. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jul 8, 2005] Reference
A.D. He was a very scientific man, but a thorough rationalist in theology. From Wordnik.com. [The Faith of Islam] Reference
I would suggest "non-rationalist" but I suspect that would be viewed askance. From Wordnik.com. [Jeff Schweitzer: A Rose by Any Other Name Would Smell as...Liberal] Reference
As a rationalist, what could I do but yield, and so I became a universalist Unitarian. From Wordnik.com. [To Infidelity and Back] Reference
So Obama, a cool rationalist at heart, will work diligently to produce a reform agenda. From Wordnik.com. [‘Ask Not What You Can Do For Barack Obama, Ask What Barack Obama Can Do For You’] Reference
They do not dismiss them because they cannot be proven by rationalist standards of proof. From Wordnik.com. [Larry Malerba, D.O. : What Is the 'Green' Medicine Revolution?] Reference
Cool rationalist that he was, he also admitted that happiness does not come to us easily. From Wordnik.com. [Richard Schoch: Why the Happiness Scientists Have Got it All Wrong] Reference
But today, he mocks people who offer these arguments, dubbing it "rationalist naïveté.". From Wordnik.com. [Johann Hari: The Two Faces of Amis: An Exclusive Interview With Martin Amis] Reference
She corrected people who called her an individualist by saying that she was a rationalist. From Wordnik.com. [David Sloan Wilson: Atheism as a Stealth Religion] Reference
And people described him as kind of a radical working man rationalist, follower of Tom Paine. From Wordnik.com. [Robert Hass: On Whitman's 'Song Of Myself'] Reference
This too is my fate, if I may presume to phrase it so, without being throttled by a rationalist. From Wordnik.com. [Mr.Dostoevsky] Reference
Acknowledging the power of love doesn't make me less of a rationalist -- it makes me more of one. From Wordnik.com. [New Rule: The More Humans Try to Deny Themselves the Love They Really Want, the Dumber They Look in the End] Reference
"The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars, but in ourselves," Cassius the cynical rationalist insists. From Wordnik.com. [The Mysterian Manifesto: Shakespeare, McGinn and Me] Reference
A rigorous rationalist, Newdow seemed pleased he'd touched such a live wire, but a bit startled by the voltage. From Wordnik.com. [One Nation, Under... Who?] Reference
Art was a whole area she could never quite appreciate, she was always looking for rationalist explanation in every work. From Wordnik.com. [The Dreaming Void]
But the Khalíf himself was a notorious rationalist, and so the orthodox, though they remained quiet, remained unconvinced. From Wordnik.com. [The Faith of Islam] Reference
Professor James 'rationalist antagonists are exactly like the administrators of law and order criticised by Sweedle in the play. From Wordnik.com. [Personality in Literature] Reference
It rests on the stereotype that white people are rationalist and technocratic while colonial victims are spiritual and athletic. From Wordnik.com. ['Avatar's' Debt To 'The Wizard Of Oz'] Reference
But Wesley is empiricist as well as rationalist, and the judgment of authority can be upset by appeal to the court of experience. From Wordnik.com. [Epistle to a Friend Concerning Poetry (1700) and the Essay on Heroic Poetry (second edition, 1697)] Reference
Who are the ones to define what constitutes a high standard of integrity and honesty; rationalist values; and maintain strict ethics?. From Wordnik.com. [On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with...] Reference
The rationalist mind has cleared away all the sentimental and most of the superstitious encumbrances and hindrances of strong narrative. From Wordnik.com. [Epic and Romance Essays on Medieval Literature] Reference
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