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Question: What is rationalism!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?
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I-amoungst others-think that its synonomous with criticism!.

Whilst this is so-called controversial-it has slowly gained "ground"over the last 50 years;it continues to do so!.
Ranged against-it,so to speak,is the (neo-darwinist type theory)called Definition-ism!.This is the type where a(question)ask-er is told the one and only,true fact-that is the question's true answer!.In fact its "definitive"answer,as say, given on the encyclopedia called Wikipedia!
This definition-ism is directly connected to the old 20thcentury philosophical cult called "positivism"!. Many scholars and philosophers have been and are educated in this "school"!.Famous 20th century philosophers such as bertrand Russel accepted the then held truths/beliefs that this philosophy espoused!.
Positivism has not died out-as mentioned,it has gained momentum in conjunction with so-called darwinist ideas;and this can be seen also in the modern schools which use,almost exclusively,formulaic-maths in their investigations of philosophy!.Www@QuestionHome@Com