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Rationalism is a major school of philosophical thought, but if asked to define it, would you be able to explain it concretely and concisely?

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Rationalism is a philosophical school of thought in wider branch of epistemology.

Epistemology concerns itself with how people can know things. Rationalism claims that the foundation of true knowledge is reason and deduction.

What does Rationalism mean by this criteria for its foundation? Perhaps it is easiest to understand it in view of the larger historical context in which Rationalism began, as well as its competing schools.

Rationalism as is known today reached its prominence during the Enlightenment, particularly in ...

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