empirio-criticism
/ɪmˌpɪrɪəʊˈkrɪtɪsɪz(ə)m/ /ɛmˌpɪrɪəʊˈkrɪtɪsɪz(ə)m/Philosophy (now historical )
noun
A positivist theory of knowledge which rejects the dualism between the mental world of perception and the external world of matter, in favour of a monist view in which all knowledge derives from pure experience.
- The theory originated with the German philosopher Richard Avenarius (1843–96) and was also associated with the Austrian physicist and philosopher Ernst Mach (1838–1916)..
Origin
Late 19th century; earliest use found in Mind. From empirio- + criticism, after German Empiriokritizismus.