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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Big picture
Time period | Development summary | More details |
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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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Year | Event type | Details |
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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
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 "Rationalism - By Movement / School - The Basics of Philosophy". www.philosophybasics.com. Retrieved 10 September 2022.
- ↑ "Rene Descartes | Biography, Ideas, Philosophy, 'I Think, Therefore I Am,' & Facts | Britannica". www.britannica.com. Retrieved 10 September 2022.
- ↑ "Voltaire | Biography, Works, Philosophy, Ideas, Beliefs, & Facts | Britannica". www.britannica.com. Retrieved 15 September 2022.
- ↑ "Jean-Jacques Rousseau | Biography, Education, Philosophy, Achievements, Beliefs, Social Contract, & Facts | Britannica". www.britannica.com. Retrieved 15 September 2022.
- ↑ "Charles Darwin | Biography, Education, Books, Theory of Evolution, & Facts | Britannica". www.britannica.com. Retrieved 11 September 2022.
- ↑ "George Bernard Shaw | Biography, Plays, & Facts | Britannica". www.britannica.com. Retrieved 15 September 2022.
- ↑ "1859: Darwin Published On the Origin of Species, Proposing Continual Evolution of Species". Genome.gov. Retrieved 15 September 2022.
- ↑ Spencer, Herbert (1860). Education: Intellectual, Moral, and Physical. D. Appleton.
- ↑ "H.G. Wells | Biography, Books, & Facts | Britannica". www.britannica.com. Retrieved 15 September 2022.
- ↑ "Universities Tests Act 1871". legislation. Retrieved 15 September 2022.
- ↑ "Bertrand Russell | Biography, Essays, Philosophy, & Facts | Britannica". www.britannica.com. Retrieved 10 September 2022.
- ↑ "Rationalist Association". rationalist.org.uk. Retrieved 10 September 2022.
- ↑ "J.B.S. Haldane | British geneticist | Britannica". www.britannica.com. Retrieved 10 September 2022.
- ↑ "LW - The Rationalists of the 1950s (and before) also called themselves "Rationalists" by Owain Evans - The Nonlinear Library - Podcast en iVoox". iVoox (in español). Retrieved 15 September 2022.
- ↑ Allen, Grant (29 May 2022). The Evolution of the Idea of God: An Inquiry Into the Origins of Religions. DigiCat.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ "Karl Popper | Biography, Books, Theory, & Facts | Britannica". www.britannica.com. Retrieved 10 September 2022.
- ↑ Wells, H. G. (1938). First and Last Things: A Confession of Faith and Rule of Life. Watts & Company.
- ↑ "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.
- ↑ "Thinker's Library – A Series of Series". seriesofseries. Retrieved 15 September 2022.
- ↑ Bradlaugh, Charles (1929). Humanity's Gain from Unbelief and Other Selections from the Works of Charles Bradlaugh, Etc.
- ↑ "Fact and Faith by J.B.S. Haldane: (1934) | Books on the Web". www.abebooks.com. Retrieved 15 September 2022.
- ↑ "JBS Haldane-Human Biology and Politics". www.marxists.org. Retrieved 15 September 2022.
- ↑ Haldane, J. B. S. (1938). "Heredity and Politics". philpapers. Routledge. Retrieved 15 September 2022.
- ↑ "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.
- ↑ Quack, Johannes (1 January 2012). "Disenchanting IndiaOrganized Rationalism and Criticism of Religion in India". doi:10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199812608.003.0007.
- ↑ 27.0 27.1 Gouz, Simon (29 March 2018). J.B.S. Haldane, la science et le marxisme: La vision du monde d'un biologiste (in français). Éditions Matériologiques. ISBN 978-2-919694-12-9.
- ↑ "The Russell Family". uudb.org. Retrieved 15 September 2022.
- ↑ "Science and Life: Essays of a Rationalist". amazon. Retrieved 15 September 2022.