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A doctrine which holds that the only or, at least, the most reliable source of human knowledge is experience, especially perception by means of the physical senses. (Often contrasted with rationalism.)Dictionary of Philosophy, Dagobert D. Runes (ed.), Philosophical Library, 1962. See: "Empiricism" by Morris T. Keeton, p. 89 which explains 9 philosophical senses of "empiricism."The Encyclopedia of Philosophy, Paul Edwards (ed.), Macmillan, 1967. See: "Empiricism" by D. W. Hamlyn, vol. 2, pp. 499-505

Empiricism is the doctrine that human knowledge is grounded on the kind of experience, mostly achieved through the five senses, whose objects are particular events occurring at particular times and in particular places.

A pursuit of knowledge purely through experience, especially by means of observation and sometimes by experimentation

Painting needs no explanation or apology. This most religious of art forms belies the pathetic empiricisms of contemporary discussions.

A practice of medicine founded on mere experience, without the aid of science or a knowledge of principles; ignorant and unscientific practice; the method or practice of an empiric

Even at the height of its popularity, medical empiricism was the creature of a most unforgiving free market economy. Successful practioners seduced crowds as well as public officials.

{n} the practice or profession of quacks
the application of empirical methods in any art or science (philosophy) the doctrine that knowledge derives from experience
medical practice and advice based on observation and experience in ignorance of scientific findings
the view that all our knowledge about matters of fact (things which are not required by logical necessity) is derived from experience
approach asserting that knowledge is most effectively acquired through experience and observation
the claim that sense experience is the sole source of our knowledge about the world
A theory which essentially states that the only way to understand reality is to experience it directly Scientific methods are useless- only observation and experience can reveal true knowledge
in philosophy, a doctrine that affirms that all knowledge is based on experience, and denies the possibility of spontaneous ideas or a priori thought
the epistemelogical view that reason is the primary source of knowledge
(philosophy) the doctrine that knowledge derives from experience
An epistemological theory which asserts that all knowledge ultimately derives from the senses
Genus: Epistemological theory Differentia: Experience is the sole source of knowledge Comment: Denies the knowledge gained by abstract reasoning i e induction and deduction
Reliance on experience as the source of ideas and knowledge More specifically, empiricism is the epistemological theory that genuine information about the world must be acquired by a posteriori means, so that nothing can be thought without first being sensed Prominent modern empiricists include Bacon, Locke, Berkeley, Hume, and Mill In the twentieth century, empiricism principles were extended and applied by the pragmatists and the logical positivists Recommended Reading: The Empiricists (Anchor, 1961) {at Amazon com}; The Empiricists: Critical Essays on Locke, Berkeley, and Hume, ed by Margaret Atherton (Rowman & Littlefield, 1999) {at Amazon com}; Encyclopedia of Empiricism, ed by Don Garrett and Edward Barbanell (Greenwood, 1997) {at Amazon com}; and Lynn Hankinson Nelson, Who Knows: From Quine to a Feminist Empiricism (Temple, 1992) {at Amazon com} Also see OCP, IEP, BGHT, Richard Hooker, ColE, ISM, DPM, noesis, CE, OCDL, and MacE
is the name of a broad tradition in Western philosophy The term comes from the Greek empeiria, meaning "experience " The basic thesis of empiricism is that legitimate human knowledge arises from what is provided to the mind by the senses or by introspective awareness through experience It is distinguished from the philosophical tradition of rationalism, which holds that human reason apart from experience is a basis for some kinds of knowledge Aristotle is sometimes said to be the founder of the empiricist tradition So, art forms express experience, whether it be in painting or sculpture
A doctrine which holds that the only or, at least, the most reliable source of human knowledge is experience, especially perception by means of the physical senses. (Often contrasted with rationalism.)
The method or practice of an empiric; pursuit of knowledge by observation and experiment
The belief that knowledge is aquired through observation and experience (See Rationalism)
Empiricism places observation and recorded experience at the centre of the scientific method (note the similarities to Aristotle's scientific method)
Specifically, a practice of medicine founded on mere experience, without the aid of science or a knowledge of principles; ignorant and unscientific practice; charlatanry; quackery
(From xrefer com) This is an epistemological doctrine based on the supposition that the only source of knowledge is experience In sociology, it is used positively to describe that style of sociology that tries to avoid untested theoretical speculation and to aim always at the provision of quantitative, empirical evidence Negatively, as is often the case in British sociology, it is suggested that empiricism tends to reduce the importance of theory on the one hand and, on the other, underestimates the technical and theoretical difficulties of gathering reliable data Quoted from The Penguin Dictionary of Sociology, © Nicholas Abercrombie, Stephen Hill and Bryan S Turner 1994
the application of empirical methods in any art or science
A philosophical view that teaches the source of all knowledge is sense experience It is based on the common perception that our senses provide us with knowledge Experience therefore is the sole source of knowledge A reaction to Rationalism
Empiricism is the belief that people should rely on practical experience and experiments, rather than on theories as, a basis for knowledge. + empiricist empiricists em·piri·cist He was an unswerving empiricist with little time for theory. the belief in basing your ideas on practical experience. Either of two closely related philosophical doctrines, one pertaining to concepts and the other to knowledge. The first doctrine is that most, if not all, concepts are ultimately derived from experience; the second is that most, if not all, knowledge derives from experience, in the sense that appeals to experience are necessarily involved in its justification. Neither doctrine implies the other. Several empiricists have allowed that some knowledge is a priori, or independent of experience, but have denied that any concepts are. On the other hand, few if any empiricists have denied the existence of a priori knowledge while maintaining the existence of a priori concepts. John Locke, George Berkeley, and David Hume are classical representatives of empiricism. See also Francis Bacon
The proposition that the only source of true knowledge is experience Search for knowledge through experiment and observation Denial that knowledge can be obtained a priori
In its strong form, the thesis that there is no reality behind appearances Thus, it is the job of science to catalog the formal relations which hold between appearances without claims of describing reality See phenomenalism <Discussion> <References> Chris Eliasmith
Philosophical position that all knowledge is derived from experience
The philosophical theory which attributes the origin of all our knowledge to experience
A metatheoretical and scientific proposition that emphasizes observations and the data language rather than deductive logic and inference
A teaching on the theory of knowledge which holds that sensory experience is the only source of knowledge and affirms that all knowledge is founded on experience and is obtained through experience The opposite to rationalism The main failing of this is a tendency to reject reason as a means of deduction in favour of a metaphysical exaggeration of the role of experience alone
the practice of relying on observation and experiment especially in the natural sciences; all knowledge is gained through sensory experience
{i} empirical method, doctrine that all knowledge is based on observation and experience; application of observation and experiment; (Medicine) medicine that is based exclusively on experience
The view that experience, especially of the senses, is the only source of knowledge
The view that holds sense perception (or "experience") to be the sole source of human knowledge Empiricism rejects both innate knowledge (innate ideas) and, in its radical form, revelation
The view that all ideas, and all knowledge of the world derives solely from sensory experience or perception; denying the existence of innate ideas in opposition to rationalism
the claim that all knowledge or all meaningful discourse about the world is related to sensory experience or observation Logical empiricism (or logical positivism) combined modern logical analysis with the demands of empiricism and was most famous for its verificationist theory of meaning
british empiricism
the predominant philosophical tradition in Great Britain since the 17th century
empiricist
An empiric
empiricist
a philosopher who subscribes to empiricism
empiricist
an advocate or supporter of empiricism
empiricist
{i} one who supports empiricism, one who favors learning based on observation and experience
scientific empiricism
The philosophical view that there are no ultimate differences among the various sciences
empiricism