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Word: Empiricism
Speech Type: Noun
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Phonetic Spelling:
ɛmˈpɪrɪsɪz(ə)m
Dialects: British English
Definition:
the theory that all knowledge is based on experience derived from the senses. Stimulated by the rise of experimental science, it developed in the 17th and 18th centuries, expounded in particular by John Locke, George Berkeley, and David Hume.
Short Definition:theory that all knowledge is based on experience derived from senses
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