Rationalism

In philosophy, rationalism is the epistemological view that "regards reason as the chief source and test of knowledge" or "the position that reason has precedence over other ways of acquiring knowledge", often in contrast to other possible sources of knowledge such as faith, tradition, or sensory experience. More formally, rationalism is defined as a methodology or a theory "in which the criterion of truth is not sensory but intellectual and deductive". In a major philosophical debate during the Enlightenment, rationalism (sometimes here equated with innatism) was opposed to empiricism.

Extends: Rationalism, [Epistemological theories](https://wikipedia.org.ai/Epistemological theories), [Philosophical schools and traditions](https://wikipedia.org.ai/Philosophical schools and traditions), Reasoning