Empiricism
Empiricism (greek εμπειρισμός, from empirical, latin experientia - the experience), is the philosophical doctrine that all human knowledge comes at first from senses and experience. Empiricism denies that humans have innate ideas or that anything is knowable prior to any experience.
Empiricism in history
Within historiography, empiricism refers to empiricist historiography, a school of documentary interpretation and historical teleology derived from the works of Ranke.
Related Topics:
Historiography - Empiricist historiography - Ranke
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| ► | Introduction |
| ► | Empiricism and Science |
| ► | Empiricism in history |
| ► | Classical Empiricism |
| ► | Modern Empiricism |
| ► | Radical Empiricism |
| ► | Moderate Empiricism |
| ► | Other forms |
| ► | Criticisms |
| ► | See also |
| ► | External links |
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