One of the significant debates in epistemology is about the sources, or origins, of knowledge. What position in this debate is expressed by the term empiricism?

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Ali Stanton

28 April, 17:53

One of the significant debates in epistemology is about the sources, or origins, of knowledge. What position in this debate is expressed by the term empiricism?

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Nigel Case · Answer 1

The answer is: Knowledge should be based on sensory or practical experience.

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Empiricism is a phylosophical and epistemological theory, which states that the only reliable source of knowledge must come from sensory experience, that only sensory or practical experience can lead to the development of a concept. An important premise of empiricism is that concepts and theories are a posteriori, since they are based on experience, they come after it. Empiricism opposes to the racionalist theory, and as an epistemological perspective, it has theoretical and methodological implications