1.The theory that all knowledge is based on experience derived from the senses. Stimulated by the rise of experimental science, it developed in the 17th and 18th centuries, expounded in particular by John Locke, George Berkeley, and David Hume.
‘He is however thoroughly within the tradition of British _empiricism_ in philosophy.’
‘There were errors of interpretation in feminists’ critiques, for example, concerning the extent to which analytic philosophy incorporated _empiricism_ .’
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‘He is however thoroughly within the tradition of British _empiricism_ in philosophy.’
