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Vocabulary to Know

Knowledge and Understanding of Vocabulary is an essentiality that allows one to break free of the fear of not knowing.  -Logan Spencer

Define: Rationalist (noun)

 

 

Rationalist can be defined as "a principal or habit of accepting reason as the supreme authority in matters of opinion belief or conduct."



In essence, one should always accept logical reasoning over belief.

Define: logical positivism (noun)

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Logical Positivism can be defined as "the form of empiricism that bases all knowledge on perceptual experience (not on intuition or revelation)."



In essence, logical positivism is a noun describing a perspective that one can view knowledge with. Logical positivism favors the fact that all knowledge come from perceptual experience, as in something that can be observed through the human senses or calculated with human logic, versus intuition or revelation.

Define: Scientism (noun)

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Scientism can be defined as "the idea that natural science is the most authoritative worldview or aspect of human education, and that it is superior to all other interpretations of life."



In essence, scientism favors the idea that natural science in the most important part of human education. Scientism also favors the idea that natural sciences should be looked upon to understand and explain life.

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