Conviction, Priority, and Rationalism in Aristotle's Epistemology

A clear university study block on the three great rationalists: Descartes, Spinoza and Leibniz, closing with a critical evaluation of rationalism. Each unit comes with key terms and check-your-progress questions, ideal if you are new to the topic.

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From Parmenides to the Renaissance, this article traces the rationalist idea that the universe itself has a rational structure, and what happens when thinkers push back against it. Open access under CC BY.

Danie F.M. Strauss

Michael Rosen questions the rationalist ideal of the self-directing individual without giving up on reason itself. A sharp essay for anyone who wants to hear the strongest case against rationalism.

Michael Rosen

A full doctoral thesis that tests whether reason alone can tell us what is possible and what is necessary. A demanding but rewarding read if you want to see how rationalism is argued about in philosophy today.

Heejin Kwon

Innate ideas, intuition and the Posterior Analytics: this article asks in what sense Aristotle can be called a rationalist, answering Jonathan Barnes' empiricist reading.

Yassaman Hoshyar