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Empiricism

Empiricism is

  • a branch of Epistemology in the field of Philosophy
  • the study of how people reason from observations and sense experiences
  • to foundation for the scientific method
  • a theory of knowledge that assumes knowledge-making practices are rooted in sense perception.

Key Words: Empiricist; Empirical Research Methods; Scientific Research

[ See Also Research Methods ]


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