| Front | Empiricism |
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| Back | A philosophical orientation that emphasizes experience, observation, and learning to acquire knowledge. It emphasizes the effects of experience on a passive mind. An empiricist orientation stresses the equal potential of all human beings, the importance of environmental factors on one’s development, and the educational process. It emerged in England during the rise of liberalism in the 18th and 19th centuries. Main advocates: Aristotle, Galileo / Newton, Locke, the two Mills |
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