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Empiricism is a branch of philosophy which believes that sense perception is the only source of knowledge. In this view, all knowledge derives from sense experience as opposed to ''a priori'' reasoning.
'''Empiricism''' is a branch of [[philosophy]] and a theory of knowledge which views [[sense perception]] as the the source of [[knowledge]]. In this view, all knowledge derives from sense experience as opposed to a [[rationalism|rationalist]] view which privileges ''[[a priori]]'' reasoning.

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Empiricism is a branch of philosophy and a theory of knowledge which views sense perception as the the source of knowledge. In this view, all knowledge derives from sense experience as opposed to a rationalist view which privileges a priori reasoning.