Timeline of the rationalist movement

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This is a timeline of the rationalist movement. "Rationalism is any view appealing to intellectual and deductive reason (as opposed to sensory experience or any religious teachings) as the source of knowledge or justification."[1]

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17th century "Rationalism is a philosophical movement which gathered momentum during the Age of Reason of the 17th Century."[1]

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1596 Notable birth René Descartes is born.[2] A major rationalist figure[1]
1632 Notable birth Baruch Spinoza is born. A major rationalist figure[1]
1646 Notable birth Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz is born. A major rationalist figure[1]
1694 Notable birth Voltaire is born.[3]
1712 Notable birth Jean-Jacques Rousseau is born.[4]
1809 Notable birth Charles Darwin is born.[5]
1856 Notable birth George Bernard Shaw is born.[6]
1859 Charles Darwin publishes On the Origin of Species.[7]
1859 Literature English philosopher John Stuart Mill publishes On Liberty. It would be included in the Thinker's Library series of the Rationalist Press Association.
1860 Literature Herbert Spencer publishes Education Intellectual, Moral and Physical. It would be included in the Thinker's Library series of the Rationalist Press Association.[8]
1866 Notable birth H. G. Wells is born.[9]
1871 Britain abolishes religious texts for universities. Universities Tests Act 1871.[10]
1872 Notable birth Bertrand Russell is born.[11]
1885 Organization The Rationalist Association is founded.[12]
1892 Notable birth J. B. S. Haldane is born.[13]
1896 Literature Constance Plumptre publishes Mind as controlled by matter.[14]
1897 Literature Grant Allen publishes The Evolution of the Idea of God.[15] It would be included in the Thinker's Library series of the Rationalist Press Association.
1899 Literature Ernst Haeckel publishes The Riddle of the Universe at the Close of the Nineteenth Century. It would be included in the Thinker's Library series of the Rationalist Press Association.[16]
1902 Notable birth Karl Popper is born.[17]
1908 Literature H. G. Wells publishes First and Last Things. It would be included in the Thinker's Library series of the Rationalist Press Association.[18]
1913–1922 Herbert Leon serves as president of the Rationalist Association.
1922 Literature H. G. Wells publishes A Short History of the World. It would be included in the Thinker's Library series of the Rationalist Press Association.
1923 Literature J. B. S. Haldane publishes Daedalus; or, Science and the Future.[19]
1926–1929 Graham Wallas serves as president of the Rationalist Association.
1929–1933 Harold Laski serves as president of the Rationalist Association.
1929 Literature Thinker's Library[20]
1929 Literature Thinker's Library publishes Humanity's gain from unbelief: And other selections from the works of Charles Bradlaugh.[21]
1929 Literature J. B. S. Haldane publishes The origin of life in the Rationalist Annual.
1933–1940 Harry Snell, 1st Baron Snell serves as president of the Rationalist Association.
1934 Literature J. B. S. Haldane publishes Fact and Faith.[22]
1934 Literature J. B. S. Haldane publishes Human Biology and Politics.[23]
1937 Literature J. B. S. Haldane publishes View on race and eugenics: propaganda or science?.
1938 Literature J. B. S. Haldane publishes Heredity and Politics.[24]
1940–1947 C. Marsh Beadnell serves as president of the Rationalist Association.[25]
1947 Literature J. B. S. Haldane pulishes The Limitations of Rationalism.
1948–1949 C. D. Darlington serves as president of the Rationalist Association.
1949–1954 A. E. Heath serves as president of the Rationalist Association.
1949 Organization The Indian Rationalist Association is founded.[26]
1951 Literature Sir Leslie Stephen publishes An Agnostic's Apology, and Other Essays . It is included in the Thinker's Library series of the Rationalist Press Association.
1952 Literature J. B. S. Haldane pulishes A Rationalist Approach to the Problem of Sexual Relations.[27]
1954 Literature J. B. S. Haldane pulishes essay A Rationalist with a Halo.[27]
1955–1970 Bertrand Russell serves as president of the Rationalist Association.[28]
1959 Having Bertrand Russell as President, membership of the Rationalist Association peaks with more than 5000 members.
1965 Literature J. B. S. Haldane publishes On Being Finite.
1968 Literature J. B. S. Haldane publishes Science and Life.[29]
1970–1973 Barbara Wootton, Baroness Wootton of Abinger serves as president of the Rationalist Association.
1973–1981 Ritchie Calder serves as president of the Rationalist Association.
1982–1999 Hermann Bondi serves as president of the Rationalist Association.

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References

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  2. "Rene Descartes | Biography, Ideas, Philosophy, 'I Think, Therefore I Am,' & Facts | Britannica". www.britannica.com. Retrieved 10 September 2022. 
  3. "Voltaire | Biography, Works, Philosophy, Ideas, Beliefs, & Facts | Britannica". www.britannica.com. Retrieved 15 September 2022. 
  4. "Jean-Jacques Rousseau | Biography, Education, Philosophy, Achievements, Beliefs, Social Contract, & Facts | Britannica". www.britannica.com. Retrieved 15 September 2022. 
  5. "Charles Darwin | Biography, Education, Books, Theory of Evolution, & Facts | Britannica". www.britannica.com. Retrieved 11 September 2022. 
  6. "George Bernard Shaw | Biography, Plays, & Facts | Britannica". www.britannica.com. Retrieved 15 September 2022. 
  7. "1859: Darwin Published On the Origin of Species, Proposing Continual Evolution of Species". Genome.gov. Retrieved 15 September 2022. 
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  13. "J.B.S. Haldane | British geneticist | Britannica". www.britannica.com. Retrieved 10 September 2022. 
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  15. Allen, Grant (29 May 2022). The Evolution of the Idea of God: An Inquiry Into the Origins of Religions. DigiCat. 
  16. August, Haeckel Ernst Heinrich Philipp (19 February 2015). The Riddle of the Universe: At the Close of the Nineteenth Century - Scholar's Choice Edition. Creative Media Partners, LLC. ISBN 978-1-296-32686-9. 
  17. "Karl Popper | Biography, Books, Theory, & Facts | Britannica". www.britannica.com. Retrieved 10 September 2022. 
  18. Wells, H. G. (1938). First and Last Things: A Confession of Faith and Rule of Life. Watts & Company. 
  19. "J. B. S. Haldane's Daedalus, or Science and the Future is published in the To-day and To-morrow Series". The Eugenics Archives. Retrieved 15 September 2022. 
  20. "Thinker's Library – A Series of Series". seriesofseries. Retrieved 15 September 2022. 
  21. Bradlaugh, Charles (1929). Humanity's Gain from Unbelief and Other Selections from the Works of Charles Bradlaugh, Etc. 
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  23. "JBS Haldane-Human Biology and Politics". www.marxists.org. Retrieved 15 September 2022. 
  24. Haldane, J. B. S. (1938). "Heredity and Politics". philpapers. Routledge. Retrieved 15 September 2022. 
  25. "Bantu Beliefs and Magic. With a Particular Reference to the Kikuyu and Kamba Tribes of Kenya Colony; Together with some Reflections on East Africa After the War. by Hobley, C.W.: (1922) | Inanna Rare Books Ltd.". www.abebooks.com. Retrieved 15 September 2022. 
  26. Quack, Johannes (1 January 2012). "Disenchanting IndiaOrganized Rationalism and Criticism of Religion in India". doi:10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199812608.003.0007. 
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