单词 | pseudo-rationalist |
释义 | pseudo-rationalistn. A false or pretended rationalist; an adherent or advocate of pseudo-rationalism. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > understanding > reason, faculty of reasoning > [noun] > false rationalism > adherent of pseudo-rationalist1854 1854 L. P. Hickok Rational Psychol. 74 The pseudo-Rationalist pursues a different course. 1863 E. H. Sears Athanasia (ed. 6) x. 81 The Saviour has made this point clear enough in his reasonings with the pseudo-rationalists of his day. 1936 Mind 45 268 It is the mark of a pseudo-rationalist to refer to the real world, or to speak of the certainty of any propositions, or to assume that sense-data support only one system. 1951 G. B. Burch Early Medieval Philos. iii. 82 Abelard..considered that to understand the doctrines we believe, although necessary only for refuting pseudo-rationalists, is to some extent possible. 2004 Hypatia (Nexis) 19 48 He is right to condemn as pseudorationalists those who do not acknowledge the role of choice in moving science forward. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1854 |
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