Empiricism

Empiricism is a mode of expertise, which typically involves observation and experimentation. Historically empiricism traces its roots back to the 17th century, a time, that gave rise to numerous discoveries and innovations.

Brief summary and explanation of Rudolf Carnap's Empiricism, Semantics, and Ontology, including the article's relevance for metaphysics.

A short, informal essay on the philosophy of early empiricism. It's important to note that these are my personal rants. I respect differing opinions, and sometimes even change my own.

A discussion of the differences between rationalist and empiricist schools of thought in philosophy.

Contemporary science is often mired in a terrible superstition, which forms a glaring breach between its findings and the conclusions and observations ubiquitously available to any man whose five senses function properly. This is the fallacy of empiricism-positivism.

Immanuel Kant tried to merge the two positions into one.

Using the premise on how perception and impaired perception and how it applies to gaining knowledge

Scientific realism is a critically important component of philosophy of science, philosophy of mind, and contemporary philosophy. Van Fraasen's paper is an important one but can be difficult to understand. This article provides a brief explanation.