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British empiricism

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Noun1.British empiricism - the predominant philosophical tradition in Great Britain since the 17th century
empiricism, empiricist philosophy, sensationalism - (philosophy) the doctrine that knowledge derives from experience


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It was an approach suffused with British empiricism, prudence and realism.
Reaganism v. neo-Reaganism by Lowry, Richard / The National Interest
And Russell's biases toward British empiricism led him to paint verbal pictures of philosophers he did not care for -- Augustine, Aquinas, Kant, Hegel, William James - that were at best caricatures and at worst calumnies.
Adventures in Ideas. (Books) by Quirk, Michael / Cross Currents
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