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Pronunciation: [ɛmpˈɪɹɪsˌɪzəm] (IPA)

Empiricism is a philosophical approach that emphasizes the importance of observation and experience in gaining knowledge. There are several synonyms for this term, including empiric, experiential, observational, and pragmatic. These words represent various aspects of empiricism and its methods, such as relying on concrete evidence and practical experience rather than speculation or theory. Empirical research, for example, involves gathering data and analyzing it to draw conclusions. Experiential learning refers to gaining knowledge through real-world experiences rather than simply reading about it. These terms highlight the importance of using our senses and experiences to understand the world around us.

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Usage examples for Empiricism

Dewey begins his argument, in "The Psychological Standpoint," with a reference to Professor Green's remark that the psychological standpoint is what marks the difference between transcendentalism and British empiricism.
"John Dewey's logical theory"
Delton Thomas Howard
Dewey takes exception to this view, and asserts that the two schools hold this standpoint in common, and, furthermore, that the psychological standpoint has been the strength of British empiricism and desertion of that standpoint its weakness.
"John Dewey's logical theory"
Delton Thomas Howard
Dewey's attempt to show that English empiricism and transcendentalism have a common psychological basis must be regarded as a failure.
"John Dewey's logical theory"
Delton Thomas Howard

Famous quotes with Empiricism

  • To be radical, an empiricism must neither admit into its constructions any element that is not directly experienced, nor exclude from them any element that is directly experienced.
    William James
  • Experience seems to most of us to lead to conclusions, but empiricism has sworn never to draw them.
    George Santayana
  • Even as empiricism is winning the mind, transcendentalism continues to win the heart.
    E. O. Wilson
  • Well I'm afraid it simply does, um, [the Catholic Church] does condemn [homosexuality], yes, it calls it a - the official word is disorder, but it was refined by the current Pontiff, Ratzinger, who called it a 'moral evil'. But on the other hand we must remember, as the point that was made is that the church is very loose on moral evils because, although they try to accuse people like me who believe in the empiricism and the enlightenment of somehow what they call moral relativism, as if it's some appalling sin where what it actually means is , um, they um, they for example thought that slavery was perfectly fine... absolutely okay, and then they didn't, and what is the point of the Catholic Church if it says 'oh well we couldn't know better because nobody else did'? (To the affirmative team) Then what are you ?!
    Stephen Fry
  • The group of philosophical ideas that concerns us has been called by Popper, who has traced the impact of Plato's metaphysics on political thinking down to modern times. Even before Plato, Greek philosophy began to experience difficulties in dealing with change. If things grew, or passed away, they seem somehow unreal, suggesting that they belonged only to a world of appearances. Heraclitus, in adopting the notion that material things are illusory, maintained that all that really exists is "fire"—that is, process. ...To Plato, true reality exists in the essence, Idea, or . ...In the hands of Aristotle, essentialist metaphysics became somewhat altered. ...[H]e held that [essences] did not exist apart from things. His works embraced the concepts of teleology, empiricism, and natural science... to understand a thing was to know its essence, or to define it. ...A true system of knowledge thus became essentially a classification scheme... Plato and Aristotle... both embraced the notion that ideas or classes are more than just abstractions—that is... both advocated forms of "realism." ...Aristotle ...advocated heirarchical classification... classes were differentiated... by properties held in common... An implication, of enormous historical importance, was that it became very difficult to classify things which change, or... grade into one another, or even to conceive or to discuss them. Indeed, the very attempt to reason in terms of essences almost forces one to ignore everything dynamic or transitory. One could hardly design a philosophy better suited to predispose one toward dogmatic reasoning and static concepts. The Darwinian revolution thus depended upon the collapse of the Western intellectual tradition.
    Aristotle

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