Linked Glossary of Terms
(references to De Wijsbegeerte der Wetsidee, unless indicated. See concordance for correlation with pages in the New Critique. The concordance is in pdf format.)
| rational | |
| rationality | |
| rationalism | |
| rationalistic | II, 497
NC I, 13 (rationalistic-metaphysical way) |
| supra-rational | “Het dilemma voor het christelijk wijsgeerig denken en het critisch karakter van de Wijsbegeerte der Wetsidee,” Philosophia Reformata 1 (1936), 1-16 [“Dilemma”] at 15.Refers to ‘boven-redelijk.’ |
Rationality is related to our logical analytical function. Rationalism is the absolutization of this aspect. Irrationalism is the absolutization of other non-rational aspects, such as feeling.
Revised Sept 25/07
J. Glenn Friesen 