HISTORY AND PHILOSOPY OF SCIENCE
Pineda, Reynaldo R.
Philosophy
Empiricism
Proponent
Description
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Positivism
Skepticism
Is a set of philosophical approaches to
building knowledge that emphasizes the
importance of observable evidence from
the natural world.
It is the theory that the origin of all
knowledge is the sense of experience. It
emphasizes the role of experience and
evidence, especially sensory perception,
in the formation of ideas and argues that
the only knowledge can have is based on
experience.
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Is the view that only authentic knowledge
is scientific knowledge, and that such
knowledge can only came from positive
affirmation of theories through strict
scientific method based on gathering
observable, empirical and measurable
evidence, subject to specific principle of
reasoning.
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A philosophical position that one should
refrain from making truth claims and
avoid the postulation of truth.
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It refers to an attitude of doubt or
incredulity, either in general or toward a
particular subject or to any doubting or
questioning attitude or state of mind.
Example
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It can refer to an inquiry, limitations of
knowledge, a method of obtaining
knowledge through systematic doubt and
continual testing, a method of intellectual
caution and suspended judgement.