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irrationalism

  (ĭ-răsh'ə-nə-lĭz'əm) pronunciation
n.
  1. Irrational thought, expression, or behavior; irrationality.
  2. Belief in feeling, instinct, or other nonrational forces rather than reason.

 
 
Philosophy Dictionary: irrationalism

As a starting point, a view that accords authority to some other faculty than reason. However that might cover empiricism, since use of the senses is not the same as the use of reason. In a more restricted sense, then, a view which releases the deliverance of some faculty, such as faith, or intuition, from the critical scrutiny of reason. A characteristic stance of fideism in theology, and Romanticism in the general culture.

 
 

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