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Fideism

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Fideism 

the affirmation of the priority of faith over reason, which is characteristic of religious world views based on revelation. Fideism limits the sphere of scientific activity and denies the importance of scientific knowledge with regard to the world view, assigning a key role in the comprehension of the world to religious faith. Fideism is characteristic of many trends in idealist philosophy. According to V. I. Lenin, idealism is “merely a subtle, refined form of fideism” (Poln. sobr. soch., 5th ed., vol. 18, p. 380).
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