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  2. Rationality - Wikipedia

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    Rationality is the quality of being guided by or based on reason.In this regard, a person acts rationally if they have a good reason for what they do, or a belief is rational if it is based on strong evidence.

  3. Reason - Wikipedia

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    Reason is the capacity of consciously applying logic by drawing valid conclusions from new or existing information, with the aim of seeking the truth. [1] It is associated with such characteristically human activities as philosophy, religion, science, language, mathematics, and art, and is normally considered to be a distinguishing ability possessed by humans.

  4. Rationale - Wikipedia

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    Rationale may refer to: An explanation of the basis or fundamental reasons for something Design rationale, an explicit documentation of the reasons behind design decisions; Rationale (vestment), a liturgical vestment worn by some Roman Catholic bishops; Rationale (musician) (born 1984), Zimbabwean-born British singer and songwriter

  5. Logic and rationality - Wikipedia

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    As the study of argument is of clear importance to the reasons that we hold things to be true, logic is of essential importance to rationality. Arguments may be logical if they are "conducted or assessed according to strict principles of validity", [1] while they are rational according to the broader requirement that they are based on reason and knowledge.

  6. Critical thinking - Wikipedia

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    Critical thinking is the process of analyzing available facts, evidence, observations, and arguments to make sound conclusions or informed choices. It involves recognizing underlying assumptions, providing justifications for ideas and actions, evaluating these justifications through comparisons with varying perspectives, and assessing their rationality and potential consequences. [1]

  7. Rationalism - Wikipedia

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    Rationalism has a philosophical history dating from antiquity.The analytical nature of much of philosophical enquiry, the awareness of apparently a priori domains of knowledge such as mathematics, combined with the emphasis of obtaining knowledge through the use of rational faculties (commonly rejecting, for example, direct revelation) have made rationalist themes very prevalent in the history ...

  8. Key lines from Trump’s first post-election news conference

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    President-elect Donald Trump, in his first news conference since his victory, downplayed concerns that his administration would revoke the polio vaccine’s authorization, suggested he could ...

  9. Empirical evidence - Wikipedia

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    A priori knowledge, on the other hand, is seen either as innate or as justified by rational intuition and therefore as not dependent on empirical evidence. Rationalism fully accepts that there is knowledge a priori , which is either outright rejected by empiricism or accepted only in a restricted way as knowledge of relations between our ...