English noun: empiricist philosophy | |||
| 1. | empiricist philosophy (cognition) (philosophy) the doctrine that knowledge derives from experience | ||
| Synonyms | empiricism, sensationalism | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | philosophical doctrine, philosophical theory | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | British empiricism, experimentalism, logical positivism, positivism | ||
| Domain category | philosophy | ||