(Ir)rationalism: At the Crossroads of Historical and Systematic Reflection

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.

IGNOU

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

Was Aristotle a rationalist who trusted pure intuition, or did he think experience could justify first principles? This paper challenges the rationalist reading of Aristotle and shows why the question still matters.

Marc Gasser-Wingate

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