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.
All labels observed (6)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| British empiricism | 17 |
| Empiricism canonical | 2 |
| radical empiricism | 2 |
| American pragmatism | 1 |
| Humean empiricism | 1 |
| Lockean empiricism | 1 |
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Empiricism Context triple: [David Hume, movement, Empiricism]
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A.
logical positivism
Logical positivism is a 20th-century philosophical movement that emphasizes the verification of statements through empirical observation and logical analysis, rejecting metaphysics as cognitively meaningless.
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Constructivism
Constructivism is an early 20th-century avant-garde art and architectural movement that emphasized abstraction, modern materials, and functional, socially oriented design.
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An Essay Concerning Human Understanding
An Essay Concerning Human Understanding is John Locke’s foundational philosophical work that explores the origins, limits, and nature of human knowledge and helped shape Enlightenment thought.
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David Hume
David Hume was an 18th-century Scottish philosopher and historian known for his influential empiricism, skepticism, and naturalistic approach to human understanding.
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Stoicism
Stoicism is an ancient Greek and Roman philosophical school that teaches cultivating virtue, rationality, and inner resilience to achieve tranquility amid life's hardships.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Empiricism Target entity description: 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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A.
logical positivism
Logical positivism is a 20th-century philosophical movement that emphasizes the verification of statements through empirical observation and logical analysis, rejecting metaphysics as cognitively meaningless.
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B.
Constructivism
Constructivism is an early 20th-century avant-garde art and architectural movement that emphasized abstraction, modern materials, and functional, socially oriented design.
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C.
An Essay Concerning Human Understanding
An Essay Concerning Human Understanding is John Locke’s foundational philosophical work that explores the origins, limits, and nature of human knowledge and helped shape Enlightenment thought.
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D.
David Hume
David Hume was an 18th-century Scottish philosopher and historian known for his influential empiricism, skepticism, and naturalistic approach to human understanding.
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E.
Stoicism
Stoicism is an ancient Greek and Roman philosophical school that teaches cultivating virtue, rationality, and inner resilience to achieve tranquility amid life's hardships.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| 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 |
Britain
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linked to:
Great Britain
Europe ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod |
Early modern philosophy
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linked to:
Early Modern period
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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 ⓘ |
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Subject: Empiricism Description of subject: 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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