rational reflection
collocation in Englishmeaningsofrationalandreflection
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rational
adjective
uk/ˈræʃ.ən.əl/us/ˈræʃ.ən.əl/
based on clear thought ...
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reflection
noun
uk/rɪˈflek.ʃən/us/rɪˈflek.ʃən/
the image of something in a mirror or on any ...
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(Definition ofrationalandreflectionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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But this religious perspective is not something which can be justified byrationalreflectionalone.
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Theists typically form their religious convictions by relying on a variety of belief-forming practices (interpretations of sacred texts, religious experience, tradition,rationalreflection).
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Studies indicate that most adults, even withoutrationalreflection, choose to donate a kidney to a sibling.
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The economist's professional aversion to any deliberation about goals does not shield him from the inherently prescriptive nature of his ownrationalreflection.
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They have wanted, he claims, to ground faith on history, on the human imagination, or on purerationalreflection.
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The third and most provocative ground offers a mathematical analogy for howrationalreflectioncan be appropriate to mystery without compromising its intrinsically mysterious character.
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A visual stimulus has a very large (perhaps infinite) number of attributes, and only a small number can at any moment be influencing one's action-guidance,rationalreflection, and speech behavior.
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Genovesi claims that a sense of reciprocity is a fundamental property of human nature, prior torationalreflection.
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It does not arise out of anyrationalreflectionbut out of a desire to do to offenders the evil they have done to another or to society.
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Given that the moral law, if it exists, is universal and necessary, the only appropriate means to investigate it is through "a priori"rationalreflection.
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However,rationalreflectionleads to the rejection of an ability to trust technological artefacts.
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This is the will to act according to desires beyond those presented byrationalreflection.
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