rationalism

Example Sentences

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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

He urged Bhogal to schedule group video calls to discuss rationalism, Stoicism and effective altruism.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 14, 2024

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

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