irrationalist
Reason's sworn enemy
An irrationalist distrusts or rejects reason as the primary guide to truth or action.
In philosophy, irrationalism encompasses thinkers who emphasize emotion, intuition, or faith over logical analysis.
The term often carries negative weight—calling someone an irrationalist usually implies criticism: The senator dismissed climate scientists as irrationalists peddling fear.
Will-based action philosophy
- romanticismEmotional, imaginative worldview
- intuitionismKnowledge through direct insight
- vitalismNon-physical life principle
- existentialismPhilosophy stressing self-created meaning
nihilism · relativism · postmodernism · absurdism · skepticism · mysticism · subjectivism · anti-intellectualism
Contrary to valid reasoning
- unreasonableNot guided by reason
- incoherentLacking logical connection
- absurdWildly illogical
- fallaciousContaining faulty reasoning
unsound · contradictory · unfounded · arbitrary · capricious · paradoxical · unreasoning · groundless
Innate behavioral tendency
- hunchUnproven inner sense
- intuitionInstinctive immediate understanding
- premonitionAdvance sense of future events
- insightDeep perceptive understanding
unconscious · subliminal · feeling · impulse · spontaneity · presentiment
Intense emotional drive
- fervorIntense emotional intensity
- sentimentFelt attitude or view
- impulseSudden urge to act
- desireIntense wanting
will · faith · belief · conviction · zealotry · fanaticism · enthusiasm · obsession
Danish existentialist theologian
- NietzscheGerman philosopher of will
- SchopenhauerGerman pessimist philosopher
- HeideggerExistential ontology's founder
- Dostoevsky19th-century Russian author
voluntarism
Will-based action philosophy
- romanticismEmotional, imaginative worldview
- intuitionismKnowledge through direct insight
- vitalismNon-physical life principle
existentialism · nihilism · relativism · postmodernism · absurdism · skepticism · mysticism · subjectivism · anti-intellectualism · obscurantism
illogical
Contrary to valid reasoning
- unreasonableNot guided by reason
- incoherentLacking logical connection
- absurdWildly illogical
fallacious · unsound · contradictory · unfounded · arbitrary · capricious · paradoxical · unreasoning · groundless · baseless
instinct
Innate behavioral tendency
- hunchUnproven inner sense
- intuitionInstinctive immediate understanding
- premonitionAdvance sense of future events
insight · unconscious · subliminal · feeling · impulse · spontaneity · presentiment
passion
Intense emotional drive
desire · will · faith · belief · conviction · zealotry · fanaticism · enthusiasm · obsession · devotion
Kierkegaard
Danish existentialist theologian
- NietzscheGerman philosopher of will
- SchopenhauerGerman pessimist philosopher
- HeideggerExistential ontology's founder
irrationalistrationalist
One guided by reason
empiricist · rationalism · positivist · logician · empiricism
irrationalistlogician
Expert in valid reasoning
systematizer · rationalist · reasoner · Voltaire · Bertrand Russell
irrationality, irrationalism, irrationalities, irrationalists