empiricism

toc 1373678201 = Definition: = The view that humans possess no innate tendencies and that all differences among humans are attributable to experience HGD Chapter 1, p. 3

= Examples: =
 * The "blank-slate" view suggested by John Locke that states that adults can mold children into whatever they want them to be.
 * John Locke - "All men are created equal."

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=In the News:= Empiricism In philosophy generally, empiricism is a theory of knowledge emphasizing the role of experience.

[|Empiricism: A Glaring Flaw of New Atheism] Atheism is a worldview in which there is no God. Adherents believe that life sprang from natural forces, not an intelligence, and that the cosmos made itself--or at least organized itself out of raw materials that were just there.

[|Crass Empiricism] Written by Professor Patnaik of New Delhi, India.

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