Rationalism
In philosophy, rationalism is the epistemological view that "regards reason as the chief source and test of knowledge" or "any view appealing to reason as a source of knowledge or justification". More formally, rationalism is defined as a methodology or a theory "in which the criterion of the truth is not sensory but intellectual and deductive".In an old controversy, rationalism was opposed to empiricism, where the rationalists believed that reality has an intrinsically logical structure. Because of this, the rationalists argued that certain truths exist and that the intellect can directly grasp these truths. That is to say, rationalists asserted …
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Individual Contributors to Policy Commons · 18 April 2024 English
theology, including why it’s a concept we still need today, why Peter’s against Calvinism (and rationalism), whether the Old Testament should […] The post My excellent Conversation with Peter Thiel appeared …
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EPC: European Policy Centre · 25 March 2024 English
Communication to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions: Contingency plan for ensuring food supply and food security in times …
agro-centrism, eco-modernist development, and economic rationalism. Examples of roles given session that is used …
ETUI: European Trade Union Institute · 3 March 2024 English
The rapid expansion of artificial intelligence is unparalleled, establishing it as a ubiquitous element in workplaces and our daily lives. The era when AI was exclusively associated with robots and …
rules. The origins of this approach go back to rationalism and developments in mathematical logic in the …
RAND Corporation · 29 February 2024 English
This paper is part of a larger project that considers the societal sources of national dynamism and competitive advantage. The first phase of analysis generated an intriguing insight: that competitive …
affairs • Demonstrated limits to scientific rationalism and technocratic approaches in solving key social … Recurring legitimacy challenges to scientific rationalism in specific crises (economic, organizational …
CFPPR: Center for Foreign Policy and Peace Research · 26 February 2024 English
For instance, the Dependency School, through its critique of the exclusive focus of the mainstream theories on the core capitalist countries, has expanded the horizons of the discipline, shifting the …
opening-up has been replaced since the 1980s by rationalism with national interests at the center.” Since …
Individual Contributors to Policy Commons · 14 February 2024 English
prices 1748, Montesquieu, Spirit of the Laws, analysis of commerce Diderot, Voltaire, Encyclopedia, rationalism Beccaria […] The post Early French economics, my lecture notes appeared first on Marginal REVOLUTI …
WZB: Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin für Sozialforschung · 31 January 2024 German
DOI: 10.1080/13501763.2019.1619188 264 ‘The Legitimacy and Legitimation of International Organizations: Introduction and Framework’ (together with Jonas Tallberg), in: The Review of International Organizations, 14:4, 1-26. [...] 207 ‘Introduction – From …
Socialized to Build Bridges: Constructivism and Rationalism, Europe and the Nation-State’ (together with …
WIL: World Inequality Lab · 29 January 2024 English
Similarly, the Great Stagflation of the 1970s was related to the collapse of the military junta in 1974, leading to the beginning of the Greek post-authoritarian era (“metapolitefsi”). [...] In …
advanced Western country in terms of secularism, rationalism, democracy, and the embrace of the free market …
RAND Corporation · 29 January 2024 English
This is the first in a series of four papers examining how Command and Control (C2) will manifest in the future. This first paper sets a baseline for the subsequent …
effectiveness. A crisis of confidence in rationalism, the legitimacy of public institutions and the …
WIL: World Inequality Lab · 29 January 2024 English
Similarly, the Great Stagflation of the 1970s was related to the collapse of the military junta in 1974, leading to the beginning of the Greek post-authoritarian era (“metapolitefsi”). [...] In …
advanced Western country in terms of secularism, rationalism, democracy, and the embrace of the free market …
