Empiricism

In philosophy, empiricism is an epistemological view which holds that true knowledge or justification comes only or primarily from sensory experience and empirical evidence. It is one of several competing views within epistemology, along with rationalism and skepticism. Empiricists argue that empiricism is a more reliable method of finding the truth than purely using logical reasoning, because humans have cognitive biases and limitations which lead to errors of judgement.

Extends: Empiricism, [History of science](https://wikipedia.org.ai/History of science), Justification (epistemology), [Philosophical methodology](https://wikipedia.org.ai/Philosophical methodology), [Internalism and externalism](https://wikipedia.org.ai/Internalism and externalism)