There has been since the Enlightenment a hegemonic emphasis on reason. The reigning princes of this influence have been Descartes18 (the rationalist philosopher), Hume (the empiricist philosopher), and, supremely, Kant (who tried to synthesize the rational and empirical). From Descartes to the present, the predominant mode of thinking, whether in philosophy or in theology, has been, for the most part, unduly dependent on these schools of thought.
