  empiricism is a theory which states that knowledge comes only or primarily from sensory experience. one of several views of epistemology, the study of human knowledge, along with rationalism and skepticism, empiricism emphasizes the role of experience and evidence, especially sensory experience, in the formation of ideas, over the notion of innate ideas or traditions; empiricists may argue however that traditions (or customs) arise due to relations of previous sense experiences.hume, david. inquiry concerning human understanding, 1748. empiricism in the philosophy of science emphasizes evidence, especially as discovered in experiments. it is a fundamental part of the scientific method that all hypotheses and theories must be tested against observations of the natural world rather than resting solely on a priori reasoning, intuition, or revelation. empiricism, often used by natural scientists, asserts that "knowledge is based on experience" and that "knowledge is tentative and probabilistic, subject to continued revision and falsification."shelley, m. (2006). empiricism. in f. english (ed.), encyclopedia of educational leadership and administration. (pp. 338-339). thousand oaks, ca: sage publications, inc. one of the epistemological tenets is that sensory experience creates knowledge. the scientific method, including experiments and validated measurement tools, guides empirical research. ==etymology== the english term "empirical" derives from the greek word á¼Î¼ÏÎµÎ¹ÏÎ¯Î±, which is cognate with and translates to the latin experientia, from which we derive the word "experience" and the related "experiment". the term was used by the empiric school of ancient greek medical practitioners, who rejected the three doctrines of the dogmatic school, preferring to rely on the observation of "phenomena".sini, carlo. "empirismo" in enciclopedia garzanti della filosofia (ed.) gianni vattimo et al. 2004 ==history== ===background===  a central concept in [[scien
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