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Surrealism vs Rationalism - What's the difference?

surrealism | rationalism |

As nouns the difference between surrealism and rationalism

is that surrealism is an artistic movement and an aesthetic philosophy that aims for the liberation of the mind by emphasizing the critical and imaginative powers of the subconscious while rationalism is (philosophy) the theory that the basis of knowledge is reason, rather than experience or divine revelation.

surrealism

English

Noun

(wikipedia surrealism)
  • An artistic movement and an aesthetic philosophy that aims for the liberation of the mind by emphasizing the critical and imaginative powers of the subconscious.

    • Related terms

    * surreal * surrealist

    rationalism

    English

    (wikipedia rationalism)

    Noun

  • (philosophy) The theory that the basis of knowledge is reason, rather than experience or divine revelation.

    • Synonyms

    * intellectualism

    Antonyms

    * irrationalism * traditionalism

    Derived terms

    * critical rationalism

    Related terms

    * rationalist * rationality

    See also

    * empiricism