What is Rationalism, how does it contrast with Empiricism, and what does it say about knowledge and justification? You'll know in just over 5 minutes of this Philosophy Glossary explainer! You can support the channel and help it grow by contributing on my Ko-fi page: http://Ko-fi.com/atticphilosophy 00:00 - Intro 00:44 - Maths as the paradigm 01:49 - Descartes’ Method of Doubt 03:35 - A Priori knowledge underpins empirical knowledge 04:25 - Rationalism in contemporary philosophy 05:33 - Wrap-up More Philosophy Glossary: A Priori & a Posteriori https://youtu.be/tYfLejwA_Rs Analytic & Synthetic https://youtu.be/LQmHE8fXhOE Necessity, contingency, possibility https://youtu.be/2I0uGvT0AhU Necessary and Sufficient Conditions https://youtu.be/0zy5jRpe6QI Nominalism https://youtu.be/Tl-LA4VaLgA Realism and Anti-Realism https://youtu.be/teLsXczfeNM Behaviourism https://youtu.be/96Ipwy6Wjuc Identity theory https://youtu.be/4FYCGPzFMeI Functionalism https://youtu.be/swF4c-IHbQ8 Mind-Body Dualism https://youtu.be/hJLBhayvS0o Supervenience https://youtu.be/0ncPtr4NIiI Physicalism https://youtu.be/TnBI9RaC7CA Naturalism https://youtu.be/1fC8wDv4FyY Contextualism about Knowledge https://youtu.be/Sqef6qjGs-I If there’s a topic you’d like to see covered, leave me a comment below. Links: My academic philosophy page: http://markjago.net My book What Truth Is: http://bit.ly/JagoTruth Most of my publications are available freely here: https://philpapers.org/s/Mark%20Jago Get in touch on Social media! Twitter: https://twitter.com/PhilosophyAttic #philosophy #rationalism #knowledge