rationalism

Liberals tend to suffer from what I call naïve rationalism — the belief that political behavior, like voting, is driven by a sober assessment of the facts.

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."

Oakeshott was horrified by this, and was also disturbed by the postwar British welfare state; this was the impetus for his denunciation of political rationalism.

But it's not an incident caused by just one crazy person, but it happened because of social factors — an extreme rationalism that we have in society.

But his arrogant rationalism feels like a betrayal to Jenny, who resents living in a scary house she had reservations about from the start.