Rationalism (disambiguation)

Rationalism (disambiguation)

Rationalism may refer to:

* Rationalism, a philosophical position, theory, or view that reason is the source of knowledge
* Rationalism (theology), same philosophical theory applied in theology, contrary to revelation
* Rationalist movement, a body of thought, often associated with secular humanism, which maintains that the truth can best be discovered by reason and factual analysis
* Critical rationalism, an epistemological philosophy advanced by Karl Raimund Popper
* Rational choice theory, a common approach to explaining actor behavior in the social sciences
* Economic rationalism, an Australian term in discussion of microeconomic policy
* Rationalism (Architecture), an architectural theory
* Rationalization (sociology), a process whereby social actions and interactions become based on considerations of efficiency or calculation rather than on custom, tradition, or emotion
* Pancritical rationalism, a theory by William Warren Bartley developed from panrationalism and critical rationalism


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