That’s traditional rationalism of the Cartesian variety, but it’s not what a contemporary philosopher would mean if she called herself a rationalist. I can guarantee that the vast majority of the respondents to the PhilPapers survey who answered “rationalism” to this question do not believe that one can arrive at all information without having to rely on sensory experience.
That’s traditional rationalism of the Cartesian variety, but it’s not what a contemporary philosopher would mean if she called herself a rationalist. I can guarantee that the vast majority of the respondents to the PhilPapers survey who answered “rationalism” to this question do not believe that one can arrive at all information without having to rely on sensory experience.