rationalism
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Maybe I’m betraying my hopeless rationalism, but if I learned of the reality of time travel and “aerial spirits,” I’d be a little more preoccupied by it than Iris seems to be.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 5, 2026
This “consumption downgrade” is not a move toward poverty but toward a militant form of rationalism.
From MarketWatch ● Jan. 27, 2026
Prof Selove said: "This MA will allow people to re-examine the assumption that the West is the place of rationalism and science, while the rest of the world is a place of magic and superstition."
From BBC ● Oct. 3, 2023
But his arrogant rationalism feels like a betrayal to Jenny, who resents living in a scary house she had reservations about from the start.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 6, 2022
When many people think of the Periclean age in Athens, their image is often suffused by the pure light of reason—a rationalism that seems as clean and bright as the city’s marble remains.
From "Circumference" by Nicholas Nicastro
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Some Political and Philosophical -isms
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Chapter 22: The Scientific Revolution and the Enlightenment
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