Meaning | (philosophy) the doctrine that knowledge derives from experience. |
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Synonyms | empiricism, sensationalism |
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Category | philosophy | The rational investigation of questions about existence and knowledge and ethics |
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Narrower | British empiricism | The predominant philosophical tradition in Great Britain since the 17th century |
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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 |
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Spanish | empiricismo, empirismo, filosofía empírica, sensacionalismo |
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Catalan | empirisme |
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