empiricism
Sign in to saveIn philosophy, empiricism is an epistemological view which holds that true knowledge or justification comes either only or primarily from sensory experience and empirical evidence. It is one of several competing views within epistemology, along with rationalism and skepticism.
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Empiricism is the philosophical view that knowledge comes from what we experience through our senses and evidence from the world around us, rather than from pure reasoning alone. It matters because it's a major competing perspective on how we know what's true, influencing everything from science to how we think about learning.
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- Etymology
- Background
- History
- Early empiricism
- Islamic Golden Age and Pre-Renaissance (5th to 15th centuries CE)
- Renaissance Italy
- British empiricism<!--'British empiricism' and 'British Empiricism' redirect here-->
- Phenomenalism
- Logical empiricism
- Pragmatism
- See also
- Notes
- References
- External links
In philosophy, empiricism is an epistemological view which holds that true knowledge or justification comes either only or primarily from sensory experience and empirical evidence. It is one of several competing views within epistemology, along with rationalism and skepticism.
Empiricists argue that empiricism is a more reliable method of finding the truth than relying purely on logical reasoning, because humans have cognitive biases and limitations which lead to errors of judgement.