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Empiricism Key words
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- 1IdeasThe mental image of an object that we gain by having a sense impression of it. These can be simple___, such as colour, a smell or taste, or complex____, such as a cat, a tree or a green can
- 2DescartesA Rationalist philosopher who believed he could prove his own and God's existence without experience.
- 3David HumeAn Empiricist philosopher from the 18th century who believed that we can only know things through experience
- 4EmpiricismThe philosophical view that all knowledge comes from experience. Philosopher with this view believe we are born with a 'Tabula Rasa' and no 'innate knowledge'
- 5Experiencethe act of having a sense impression and gaining knowledge of the external world.
- 6' All ideas come from experience'the first claim that Empiricists make which means that all the ideas about the world that I have have been caused by a direct or indirect experience of the world.
- 7' All knowledge is justified by experience'the second claim that Empiricists make and means I can link all of my knowledge about the world back to either a direct experience of the world or an indirect experience of it.
- 8Tabula RasaThis term can be translated as 'Blank Slate' and means that we are born knowing nothing i.e. with no innate knowledge.
- 9Sense ImpressionThe experiences that objects in the world cause us to have through our 5 senses.
- 10John LockeAn Empiricist who tried to show that humans do not have innate knowledge by defining it as 'knowledge we have and are aware of from birth' which is basically impossible
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