Glossary / Lexicon

Empiricism refers to a view of Development that asserts that the mind at birth is a blank slate and all knowledge and reason come from experience.

Moreover, Empiricism refers to a philosophical perspective that nature provides only species-general learning mechanisms, with cognition arising as a result of experience.

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Other /More definition:
Empiricism refers to a philosophical school of thought that maintains that truth is acquired through sensory experience; the belief that the basis of all knowledge is derived from experience, especially sensory experience.

Empiricism which is also known as Empirical method may also be defined as follows:

1. A philosophical doctrine emphasizing the role of experience in the acquisition of knowledge.

2. The premise that knowledge should be acquired through observation.

3. The branch of philosophy that emphasizes the use of controlled observation and the belief that experience shapes human behavior.


In Psychology, Empiricism refers to the assumption that behavior patterns are mostly learned rather than inherited.

Empiricism is also known in Psychology as Nurture perspective or, more rarely, as Nurturism