Project Gutenberg 2010-04-11 Public domain in the USA. 268 Robertson, J. M. (John Mackinnon) 1856 1933 Robertson, John Mackinnon Rationalism Produced by Brian Foley, Martin Pettit and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "Rationalism" by J. M. Robertson is a philosophical treatise written in the early 20th century. The book delves into the evolution and implications of rationalism as a philosophical stance, contrasting it with various forms of religious belief and traditional authority. It examines the intellectual commitment to reason and critical thinking, addressing the challenges and critiques that rationalism faces from religious perspectives. The opening of "Rationalism" establishes the foundation of the term 'rationalism,' which has taken on varied meanings over the past three hundred years. Robertson discusses how the term has been applied historically to different philosophical perspectives and how it has evolved to denote a tendency towards private judgment against established beliefs, especially in the realm of religion. He also highlights the critical role of reason in evaluating beliefs and the potential biases that come into play in these judgments, setting the stage for an in-depth exploration of rationalism's relationship to ethics, religion, and science throughout the rest of the work. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 44.9 (College-level). Difficult to read. en Rationalism B Text Browsing: Philosophy & Ethics Browsing: Psychiatry/Psychology Browsing: Religion/Spirituality/Paranormal Category: Philosophy & Ethics Category: Religion/Spirituality 149569 2025-06-13T07:27:47.071174 text/html 150788 2010-04-11T03:48:36 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 53072 2010-04-11T03:48:36 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 126841 2025-06-13T07:27:52.492169 application/epub+zip 127637 2025-06-13T07:27:49.100137 application/epub+zip 127638 2025-06-13T07:27:47.825167 application/epub+zip 232446 2025-06-13T07:27:54.910137 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 216032 2025-06-13T07:27:51.711152 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 185967 2022-09-14T15:41:24.061043 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 130517 2025-06-13T07:27:46.599166 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 130437 2010-04-11T03:48:34 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 49511 2010-04-11T03:48:36 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 130488 2010-04-11T03:48:34 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 49491 2010-04-11T03:48:36 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 20379 2025-06-13T07:27:55.054108 application/rdf+xml 12404 2025-06-13T07:27:48.395137 image/jpeg 3346 2025-06-13T07:27:48.110135 image/jpeg 121013 2025-06-13T07:27:47.086156 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia