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radical empiricism

radical empiricism noun: a theory of knowledge championed by William James which contested that the relations between objects are as real as the objects themselves and values experience as a way of knowing.

Noun

radical empiricism

  1. A theory of knowledge championed by William James which contested that the relations between objects are as real as the objects themselves and values experience as a way of knowing.

Questions about radical empiricism

What does radical empiricism mean?
Radical empiricism means a theory of knowledge championed by William James which contested that the relations between objects are as real as the objects themselves and values experience as a way of knowing.
What part of speech is radical empiricism?
Radical empiricism is a noun.

Words near radical empiricism in the dictionary

  1. radical centers
  2. radical centrism
  3. radical centrist
  4. radical centrists
  5. radical chic
  6. radical empiricism
  7. radical empiricist
  8. radical empiricists
  9. radical feminism
  10. radical feminisms
  11. radical feminist

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