| NOUN | cognition | empiricist philosophy, empiricism, sensationalism | (philosophy) the doctrine that knowledge derives from experience |
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| Meaning | (philosophy) the doctrine that knowledge derives from experience. | |
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| Synonyms | empiricism, sensationalism | |
| Category | philosophy | The rational investigation of questions about existence and knowledge and ethics |
| Narrower | British empiricism | The predominant philosophical tradition in Great Britain since the 17th century |
| experimentalism | An empirical doctrine that advocates experimental principles | |
| positivism, logical positivism | The form of empiricism that bases all knowledge on perceptual experience (not on intuition or revelation) | |
| Broader | philosophical doctrine, philosophical theory | A doctrine accepted by adherents to a philosophy |
| Spanish | empiricismo, empirismo, filosofía empírica, sensacionalismo | |
| Catalan | empirisme | |
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