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radical empiricism

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noun

  1. (in the philosophy of William James) the doctrine that the only proper subject matter of philosophy is that which can be defined in terms of experience, and that relations are a part of experience.

  2. sensationalism.

Other Word Forms

  • radical empiricist noun

Etymology

Origin of radical empiricism

First recorded in 1895–1900

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