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In philosophy generally, empiricism is a theory of knowledge emphasizing the role of experience. | In philosophy generally, empiricism is a theory of knowledge emphasizing the role of experience. More specifically, strict empiricism is the view that that only sensory-perceptual experience is epistemologically valid while conceptual knowledge or universals are arbitrary constructs of language. Empiricism therefore views only particular concrete entities as real while denying any objectively valid referential relationship between concepts and particulars. | ||
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In philosophy generally, empiricism is a theory of knowledge emphasizing the role of experience. More specifically, strict empiricism is the view that that only sensory-perceptual experience is epistemologically valid while conceptual knowledge or universals are arbitrary constructs of language. Empiricism therefore views only particular concrete entities as real while denying any objectively valid referential relationship between concepts and particulars.