Rene Descartes, a French philosopher and scientist, believed that reason and rationality defined all sciences and philosophies. ... Empiricist traditions stemmed off into other forms of Enlightenment thought, such as epistemological rationalism, the philosophy that focuses upon the methods and truths of knowledge. ... Rationalism in the philosophy of religion is the claim that the fundamental principles of religion are innate or self-evident and that revelation is not necessary. ...

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