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Meanings of rationalist in inglês

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positivista
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Someone who emphasizes observable facts and excludes metaphysical speculation about origins or ultimate causes.

        positivista

        Philosophical doctrine.

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              Examples for "positivist"
              1
              The positivist belief in universal and rigid determinism, especially shown in Taine.
              Modern French Philosophy: a Study of the Development Since Comte
              2
              They are bringing the wonder of the world back to the positivist.
              The Shadow World
              3
              These positivist sentiments sound strange, particularly from the mouth of a Brâhman.
              India: What can it teach us? / A Course of Lectures Delivered be...
              4
              The man was a leveller, a chartist, a positivist- adespiserof dignities!
              Thomas Wingfold, Curate V3
              5
              But let's rather return to our original problem, the positivist philosophy.
              Physics and Beyond: Encounters and Conversations
              Usage of rationalist in inglês
              1
              He was a superb rationalist; but after that he did not exist.
              Queed: A Novel
              2
              Bolt's support for Aird's economic rationalist views on Aboriginal affairs is well-documented.
              The Guardian
              3
              We have in Taine not a critical rationalist but a dogmatic rationalist.
              Modern French Philosophy: a Study of the Development Since Comte
              4
              The first answer is simply to say that I am a rationalist.
              Orthodoxy
              5
              I had left the temple a devotee, and was returned a rationalist.
              The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb — Volume 2 / Elia and The Las...
              6
              Believer or unbeliever, rationalist, evolutionist, he was still the same to them.
              The Reign of Law; a tale of the Kentucky hemp fields
              7
              If you're a rationalist, there's something a little dispiriting about all this.
              The Guardian
              8
              This paradigm was replaced by the new rationalist paradigm of the eighteenth century.
              A warrior's life: a biography of paulo coelho
              9
              I was always drawn to religion, but my father was materialist, a rationalist.
              Underground
              10
              For I found in my rationalist teachers no explanation of such exceptional corruption.
              Orthodoxy
              11
              But I am in this matter yet more definitely a rationalist.
              Orthodoxy
              12
              That means the empiricist temper regnant, and the rationalist temper sincerely given up.
              Pragmatism: A New Name for Some Old Ways of Thinking
              13
              The rationalist likes to plan everything in advance before making the first move.
              The Master Algorithm
              14
              There was indeed something about him which displeased a rationalist scholar and ascetic.
              The Case of Richard Meynell
              15
              He looked into my face and said, 'You are a rationalist.'
              Aylwin
              16
              He was only some crazy tub-thumping rationalist who interested her with his theories.
              The End of the Affair
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              positivista
              Rationalist through the time
              Rationalist across language varieties
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