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irrationalism
Sign in to savethumb|225px|right|The Sleep of Reason Produces Monsters by [[Francisco Goya is interpreted to be a statement on irrationalism.]] Irrationalism is a philosophical movement that emerged in the early 19th century, emphasizing the non-rational dimension of human life, and criticising rationalism. As they reject logic, irrationalists argue that instinct and feelings are superior to reason in the research of knowledge. The term has often been used as a pejorative designation of criticisms against rationalism as a whole.
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17 sectionsContents
- Overview
- History
- Categories of Irrationalism
- Epistemological irrationalism
- Ontological irrationalism
- Forms of Irrationalism
- Lebensphilosophie
- Neo-Hegelianism
- Existentialism
- Aestheticism (Futurism, Dadaism)
- Other forms of irrationalism
- Irrationalism outside of philosophy
- Discussion on 20th century Irrationalism
- Totalitarianism
- References
- Sources
- Citations
thumb|225px|right|The Sleep of Reason Produces Monsters by [[Francisco Goya is interpreted to be a statement on irrationalism.]] Irrationalism is a philosophical movement that emerged in the early 19th century, emphasizing the non-rational dimension of human life, and criticising rationalism. As they reject logic, irrationalists argue that instinct and feelings are superior to reason in the research of knowledge. The term has often been used as a pejorative designation of criticisms against rationalism as a whole.
The philosophy of rationalism, understood as having first emerged in the writings of Francis Bacon and René Descartes, has received a variety of criticisms since its inception. These may entail a view that certain things are beyond rational understanding, that total rationality is insufficient or even harmful to human life, or that people are not instinctively rational and progressive.