| 单词 | radical empiricism |
| 释义 | > as lemmasradical empiricism radical empiricism n. Philosophy (originally, in the philosophy of William James (1842–1910)) the theory that ultimate reality consists of pure experience; (more generally) the view that knowledge of reality can only be achieved through a rigorous and sceptical empiricism. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > empiricism > [noun] > radical empiricism radical empiricism1897 critical rationalism1945 1897 W. James Will to Believe p. vii Were I obliged to give a short name to the attitude in question, I should call it that of radical empiricism... I say ‘empiricism’, because it is contented to regard its most assured conclusions concerning matters of fact as hypotheses liable to modification in the course of future experience; and I say ‘radical’, because it treats the doctrine of monism itself as an hypothesis. 1939 Philos. Sci. 6 343 The doctrine of radical empiricism that the entities into which scientific analysis involves phenomena must be directly and concretely (rather than indirectly and inferentially) observable. 1994 S. Pinker Lang. Instinct xiii. 427 Radical empiricism is not necessarily a progressive, humanitarian doctrine. A blank slate is a dictator's dream. < as lemmas |
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