empiricist philosophy

Definitions of empiricist philosophy

1. noun

   (philosophy) the doctrine that knowledge derives from experience
   synonyms: empiricism, sensationalism

   types:

   British empiricism

   the predominant philosophical tradition in Great Britain since the 17th century

   experimentalism

   an empirical doctrine that advocates experimental principles

   logical positivism, positivism

   the form of empiricism that bases all knowledge on perceptual experience (not on intuition or revelation)

   Comtism

   Auguste Comte's positivistic philosophy that metaphysics and theology should be replaced by a hierarchy of sciences from mathematics at the base to sociology at the top

   type of:

   philosophical doctrine, philosophical theory

   a doctrine accepted by adherents to a philosophy