Empiricism
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Empiricism is a philosophical doctrine that holds that all or most human knowledge arises from sensory experience rather than innate ideas or pure reason.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
epistemological doctrine
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philosophical position → philosophical theory → theory of knowledge → |
| aimsAt | grounding knowledge in observable evidence → |
| associatedWith |
David Hume
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Francis Bacon → George Berkeley → John Locke → John Stuart Mill → Thomas Hobbes → logical positivism → scientific method → |
| claims |
human mind begins as a tabula rasa
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knowledge is primarily derived from sense experience → |
| contrastsWith | a priori knowledge emphasis → |
| coreConcept |
experience
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experimental verification → fallibilism about knowledge → induction → observation → |
| criticizedFor |
difficulty accounting for necessary truths
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problem of induction → |
| denies | innate ideas as the primary basis of knowledge → |
| developedIn |
17th century
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18th century → |
| emphasizes | sensory experience as the source of knowledge → |
| field | epistemology → |
| geographicalOrigin |
Great Britain
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surface form: "Britain"
Europe → |
| historicalPeriod |
Early Modern period
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surface form: "Early modern philosophy"
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| holds |
concepts are ultimately traceable to experience
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reliable knowledge requires empirical testing → |
| influenced |
analytic philosophy
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modern science → pragmatism → |
| influencedBy |
Aristotle
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late medieval nominalism → |
| methodologicalImplication |
priority of observation over speculation
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use of inductive reasoning from particular cases to general laws → |
| opposes | rationalism → |
| relatedConcept |
naturalism
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phenomenalism → verificationism → |
| subtype |
classical empiricism
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logical empiricism → radical empiricism → scientific empiricism → |
| supports | a posteriori justification of beliefs → |
Referenced by (11)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form: "American pragmatism"
this entity surface form: "British empiricism"
this entity surface form: "British empiricism"
this entity surface form: "British empiricism"
this entity surface form: "British empiricism"
this entity surface form: "British empiricism"
this entity surface form: "British empiricism"
this entity surface form: "Humean empiricism"
this entity surface form: "radical empiricism"
subject surface form: "Book II (An Essay Concerning Human Understanding)"
this entity surface form: "British empiricism"