empiricist philosophy

1. 1.

   (philosophy) the doctrine that knowledge derives from experience

   Synonymsempiricismsensationalism

   Broaderphilosophical doctrine

   NarrowerBritish empiricismexperimentalismpositivism

   philosophy

Questions about empiricist philosophy

What does empiricist philosophy mean?

empiricist philosophy means "(philosophy) the doctrine that knowledge derives from experience".

What is another word for empiricist philosophy?

Close synonyms include empiricism, sensationalism. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is empiricist philosophy a common word?

empiricist philosophy is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.