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LazyLich t1_ir0dnsh wrote

So what about when you ponder and afyer a time, you learn something about yourself? Is that some other "-ism"?
Or is that still argued as empiricism cause the ideas and tools you used to look inward had to be learned from "outside yourself" through sensory experience?

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pando93 t1_ir1g4p6 wrote

The idea is that you don’t have any innate knowledge that comes from sensory experience or manipulation on that experience.

In fact, Hume argues that the entire concept of self is a sensory illusion in a way.

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wabooj t1_ir0qrtm wrote

I’d say it’s still empiricism ; my argument would be that “experience” is the key word in “sensory experience”. Perhaps sensory experience is more than physical perception/sensation and inward sense is still sensory experience. Contrasted with rationalism, ie. knowledge can be passed via words, language, I think it tracks for the purpose of this argument.

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Eatinbeansallday t1_ir2xg2m wrote

Berkeley, Locke, and Hume all use extensive rational analysis, so I don’t think using rational analysis takes you out of the realm of empiricism

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