Difference between Rationalist and Positivist

RATIONALIST vs POSITIVIST: NOUN

A person who follows the philosophy of rationalism.
One who accepts rationalism as a theory or system; also, disparagingly, a false reasoner. See Citation under reasonist.
A believer in metaphysical rationalism.
In theology, one who applies rational criticism to the claims of supernatural authority or revelation; specifically, one of a school or party, originating in Germany in the eighteenth century, who maintain as an ultimate conclusion that the human reason is of itself, and unaided by special divine inspiration, adequate to ascertain all attainable truth, and who accordingly, in interpretation of the Scripture, regards it as only an illustration and affirmation, not as a divine revelation, of truth. See rationalism, 2 .
One who follows reason and not, authority in thought or speculation; a believer in the supremacy of reason over prescription or precedent.
Someone who emphasizes observable facts and excludes metaphysical speculation about origins or ultimate causes

A believer in positivism.
One who maintains the doctrines of the Positive philosophy.
Someone who emphasizes observable facts and excludes metaphysical speculation about origins or ultimate causes

Pantheist, Realist, Platonist, Philosophic, Dogmatism, Determinist, Dialectical materialism, Freethinker, Philosopher, Dogmatist, Scientism, Humanist, Materialist, Empiricist, Positivist

Objectivist, Epistemic, Functionalist, Philosophic, Teleological, Reductionist, Monistic, Aristotelian, Universalistic, Kantian, Epistemological, Hegelian, Rationalistic, Positive, Rationalist

Pantheist, Realist, Platonist, Philosophic, Dogmatism, Determinist, Dialectical materialism, Freethinker, Philosopher, Dogmatist, Scientism, Humanist, Materialist, Empiricist, Positivist

Objectivist, Epistemic, Functionalist, Philosophic, Teleological, Reductionist, Monistic, Aristotelian, Universalistic, Kantian, Epistemological, Hegelian, Rationalistic, Positive, Rationalist

Does his stance as a magician clash with your rationalist worldview?
Smith had violated something very near the core of rationalist thinking.
Thomas, with all his orthodoxy, was a pretty thorough rationalist.
HK, deleted, some sensible rationalist points addressed to skeptics.
No modern rationalist ever surpassed him in that respect.
Mises was a rationalist utilitarian, and I am not.
Rationalist contends, religious belief itself is not universal.
Theories of word learning: Rationalist alternatives to associationism.
There has been no rationalist festival, no rationalist ecstasy.
First, the universal rationalist epistemolgy, next the rationalist epistemology of rupture and last a standpoint theory.