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What is Rationalism ? Mention two characteristics of
rationalism.
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Answer 1

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Rationalism is a method of thinking that is marked by being a deductive and abstract way of reasoning. In ordinary usage rationalism is a basic sense of respect for reason or to refer to the idea that reason should play a large role in human life (in contrast, say, to mysticism).

Rationalism, in Western philosophy, the view that regards reason as the chief source and test of knowledge. Holding that reality itself has an inherently logical structure, the rationalist asserts that a class of truths exists that the intellect can grasp directly.

Answer 2

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Rationalism is a method of thinking that is marked by being a deductive and abstract way of reasoning. In ordinary usage rationalism is a basic sense of respect for reason or to refer to the idea that reason should play a large role in human life (in contrast, say, to mysticism).

There is a reason (or cause) for everything. (a) We can know some propositions in a particular subject area by intuition alone, or by deducing them from intuited propositions. (b) Some knowledge (or some concepts) is innate: We know some truths (or concepts) as part of our rational nature.

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