Question

One of the significant debates in epistemology is about the sources, or origins, of knowledge. What position in this debate is expressed by the term empiricism?

Answer 1

Answer:

The answer is: Knowledge should be based on sensory or practical experience.

Explanation:

Empiricism is a phylosophical and epistemological theory, which states that the only reliable source of knowledge must come from sensory experience, that only sensory or practical experience can lead to the development of a concept. An important premise of empiricism is that concepts and theories are a posteriori, since they are based on experience, they come after it.  Empiricism opposes to the racionalist theory, and as an epistemological perspective, it has theoretical and methodological implications

Answer 2

Answer:

knowledge comes from sensory experience

Explanation:

In philosophy, empiricism is a theory that suggests knowledge only from from sensory experience. It holds that knowledge can only gotten through empirical method which forms part of the scientific method that has to do with verification of hypotheses through experiments. Empiricism points to evidence and experimental research in determining knowledge and not innate ideas or intuition which are unverifiable.