合ごう理り主しゅ義ぎ哲てつ学がく

• 経けい験けん論ろん

  Empiricism, which holds that knowledge comes primarily from sensory experience, in contrast to rationalism.

• 合ごう理り主しゅ義ぎ

  Rationalism as a broader concept; 合理主義哲学 specifically refers to the philosophical system.

Compound of 合理主義 (rationalism) and 哲学 (philosophy). The exact historical derivation is uncertain; the term is a modern academic coinage.