Empiricism Flashcards
What is the introduction to Empiricism?
Empiricism is the second general views on the basis of knowledge.
What is the meaning of Empiricism?
The word ‘‘empiricism’’ is derivative of ‘‘empirical’’ which mean metaphysical or sensual. In this sense, empiricism is the view that all knowledge, with possible exception of logic and mathematics, derive from experience.
What does A posterior knowledge in the context of empiricism
A Posterior knowledge means we must use our sense experience. They are the understanding of the empirical world.
What did Miller say about concerning empiricism?
Miller see empiricism as the theory that all knowledge of actual, existing things is derived through the five sense.
What does empiricist mean when they said our knowledge is derived from experience.
When empiricists say experience is the basis of our knowledge, they mean sense experience, and therefore that all five senses(sight, sound, touch, taste, and smell) are the foundation of all our knowledge.
What did Ojong and Ibrahim say concerning empiricism?
The central theme of empiricism as a theory of knowledge is captured by the statement that ‘‘nothing is in the mind which was not first in the sense’’.
Contrary to rationalism, what does the empiricist explain?
A empiricist explains the contents of our mind, our knowledge and its acquisition within sense-based experience and observation
What is the the most important to note?
That prior to the modern time Aristotle and St.Aquinas have expressed some forms of empiricism in their teachings.
Who are the philosophers that came up with modern empiricism?
1) John Locke
2)George Berkeley
3)David Hume
What is the introduction to the central principles of empiricism?
Empiricism, a knowledge theory, suggests that sense experience is a primary source of knowledge, with empiricists arguments varying in emphasis and degree.
What are the central principles of empiricism?
1)Rejection of innate ideas: The empiricists are united in the rejection of the rationalists theory of innate ideas. They claim that there is no such thing as ideas before experience. All our ideas in the past, present, and future are all products of sense experience. ‘‘There is noting in the world that was not initially in the senses’’.
2)The metaphor of ‘‘Tabula rasa’’ or blank tablet: The empiricist as a follow up of their rejection of innate ideas described the mind as an empty slate devoid of any mark prior to experience. According to them there was nothing inscribed on the mind from birth that is, the mind is at birth a clean slate/tablet, devoid of any inscription. This means that anything written on the tablet (mind) is written by the five senses.
3)The primacy of sense experience: This is the hallmark of the empiricist response; sense experience is according to the empiricist, the basis of human knowledge. Whatever is not given to us in experience is not knowable. All knowledge is A posterior in nature, meaning derived and circumscribed by sense perception.
