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pseudo-ˈrational, a.
[f. pseudo- + rational a.]
Assumed to be, or treated as, rational although beyond experience or proof. So pseudo-ˈrationalism, a theory or system based on pseudo-rational arguments or assumptions; pseudo-ˈrationalist, an adherent or advocate of such a theory; ˌpseudo-ratioˈnality, pseudo-rational quality or nature; ˌpseudo-rationaliˈzation, unjustified or spurious rationalization.
1909W. James Pluralistic Universe v. 211 Hegel was the first non-mystical writer to face the dilemma squarely and throw away the ordinary logic, saving a pseudo-rationality for the universe by inventing the higher logic of the ‘dialectic process’. 1927A. Huxley Proper Stud. 207 And though the earliest philosophies and religions may seem intellectually very remote from ourselves, we feel, none the less, that the emotions and intuitions to which they give rational, or pseudo-rational, expression are recognizably akin to our own. 1929N. K. Smith tr. Kant's Critique Pure Reason 394 If in employing the principles of understanding we do not merely apply our reason to objects of experience, but venture to extend these principles beyond the limits of experience, there arise pseudo-rational doctrines which can neither hope for confirmation in experience nor fear refutation by it. 1936Mind XLV. 268 It is the mark of a pseudo-rationalist to refer to the real world, or to speak of the certainty of any propositions, or to assume that sense-data support only one system. 1952K. R. Popper Open Society (ed. 2) xxiv. 227 What I shall call ‘pseudo-rationalism’ is the intellectual intuitionism of Plato. 1960Koestler Lotus & Robot i. i. 51 This combination of mystic assertion and pseudo-rational proof is as old as the world. Ibid. ii. 100 There is a tendency in the human mind never to leave a symbol alone, an itch to debase it by pseudo-rationalizations. 1976Contemp. Psychoanal. XII. 93 Any dialogue of ideological infrastructures through overt discussions..should..reflect the irretrievable ambivalence of ideas..which..are pseudo-rational in that they unify human experience according to semiotic rules but conflict with strictly scientific statements, because they cannot be experimentally demonstrated. |