Rationalism is sometimes compared with Empiricism, Locke’s philosophy that knowledge is gained by experience. However, the distinction between the two is perhaps not as clear-cut as is sometimes made out to be. Rationalists attested that, on a basic level, all knowledge, including scientific knowledge, could be utilized through reason alone.
Rationalism is made out to be the truth in all doubt. René Descartes was a famous rationalist from the 17th