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For philosophers, the pursuit of truth travels on precise definitions. For Christian apologists, the defense of the faith is founded on the defining Word. And for beginning students of either discipline, the difference between success and frustration begins with understanding the terms and ideas and identifying the thinkers and movements. The Pocket Dictionary of Apologetics & Philosophy of...

belief or action that is in accord with reason. There are many different forms of rationality. A person is deontologically rational when that person has fulfilled his or her rational obligations or duties (whatever those may be). (See deontological theory.) In this sense, a person may be rational to hold a false belief so long as the person has good reasons for the belief or has not violated any duties in forming it. Another sense of rationality relates to truth. In this sense we may say that a belief-forming