#rationalism

• Non-dogmatic — Not dogmatic; rejecting dogmas, preconceived ideas, rigid doctrines, or truths imposed as absolute without rational demonstration; characterized by full freedom of thought, intellectual flexibility, and openness to critical analysis. In philosophy, it defines a skeptical or anti-dogmatic attitude promoting continuous research and constant reassessment of principles.
• Non-dogmatic — Not accepting or guiding itself by dogmas, rigid doctrines, or absolute truths imposed without rational demonstration; characterized by intellectual flexibility, critical openness, and full freedom of thought. It represents the feminine form of the adjective 'adogmatic', usually used in agreement with nouns such as method, thought, approach, or philosophical vision.
• Adogmatism — A philosophical attitude, doctrine, or intellectual orientation that rejects dogmatism, challenging the validity of dogmas and principles imposed as absolute, immobile, or infallible. Structurally, adogmatism promotes constructive skepticism, epistemic relativism, critical spirit, and the permanent revision of knowledge based on new scientific and rational discoveries.
• Allogism — A philosophical attitude, movement, or artistic device that denies the role of logical thought and reason in knowledge, holding that absolute truth can only be approached through intuition, faith, or mystical experience. In literary avant-garde (such as Dadaism or Surrealism), it represents an intentional technique of breaking natural syntactic and logical connections to release the subconscious.
• Anti-mythological — Opposing myths, mythical thinking, or traditional supernatural explanations; a theoretical or methodological orientation focused on demythologization, radical rationalism, and the factual analysis of reality. In a structural sense, it characterizes discourses or essays aimed at deconstructing fantastic or ideological narratives historically transmitted within a culture to reveal historical or scientific truth.
• Anti-rational — Opposed to reason, logic, or the principles of rational thought; contrary to logical common sense or methods of knowledge based on evidence and deductive reasoning. In a philosophical sense, the term characterizes doctrines or currents (such as irrationalism or radical mysticism) that consider reason limited or incapable of grasping absolute truth, emphasizing intuition, impulse, blind faith, or mystical experience.
• Anti-rationalism — A philosophical current or theoretical attitude that rejects rationalism, contesting the primacy of reason as the supreme instrument of knowledge and understanding of reality. This epistemological doctrine argues that pure intellect and logical deduction are limited, dogmatic, or incapable of penetrating the essence of existence, giving absolute priority to intuition, mystical experience, religious faith, or vital and instinctual impulses of the human being.
• Anti-rationalist — The feminine form of antiraționalist; a woman, academic work, or theoretical orientation demonstrating opposition to dogmatic rationalism and contesting the primacy of formal logic as the sole path to knowledge. In the context of philosophical analysis, it describes an epistemological perspective or intellectual stance emphasizing intuition, inner experience, faith, or instinct over cold mathematical models.
• Antiscientific — Opposing science, the scientific method, or the rigorous spirit of research based on empirical evidence, logic, and experimentation. The term characterizes theories, doctrines, beliefs, or dogmatic manifestations that reject the validity of proven laws of nature, propagate superstitions or misinformation, and deny rational progress in favor of mystical, pseudoscientific, or ideological explanations.
• Apollonianism — An aesthetic, philosophical, or existential attitude characterized by the exclusive adoption of the Apollonian spirit; the structural predilection for harmony, proportion, rational rigor, and emotional control in art and life. The concept denotes the value system that places formal architectural beauty above instinctual or passionate experiences.
• Apologetics — A branch of systematic theology concerned with the rational defense and logical justification of religious dogmas against objections, criticisms, or attacks from other religions or skeptical philosophical systems. Historically, it represents the discipline utilizing dialectical tools to demonstrate the harmony between divine revelation and human reason.
• Apriorism — A philosophical doctrine or epistemological orientation (specifically prominent in German idealism and Cartesianism) which asserts that the foundational elements of human knowledge are innate or independent of sensory experience, being structured exclusively by pure reason prior to any empirical research.
• Apriorist — A person who adheres to the principles of apriorism or who claims that the foundational elements of knowledge are independent of sensory experience. As an adjective, it describes a philosophical system, reasoning, or intellectual attitude based exclusively on preset mental frameworks and purely deductive speculations, lacking empirical grounding.
• Female apriorist — The feminine form of the term 'apriorist', denoting a woman who supports the postulates of apriorism or a logical structure, doctrine, or scientific vision that tends to exclude the central role of direct experimentation, relying on speculative frameworks deduced prior to any empirical research.
• Aprioristic — Having an a priori character, based on postulates established independently of experience, or derived from them through pure deduction. In a current sense, it describes a dogmatic and preconceived approach, theory, or judgment formulated prior to direct research or a thorough verification of real facts.
• Apriority — The quality, trait, or state of being a priori; the absolute independence of mental frameworks, concepts, or logical categories from any form of sensory or empirical experience. In classical gnoseology, it defines the logical and structural priority of pure reason in organizing knowledge.
• Atheism — A school of thought or philosophical position characterized by the absence of belief in the existence of a deity, or by the explicit, reasoned denial of God and any supernatural forces. Unlike agnosticism (which views the divine as unknown or unknowable), atheism is structurally founded on rationalism, scientific materialism, and the explanation of the universe through empirically verifiable natural laws.