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Empiricism Flashcards

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662720785empiricismhow we come to know through senses0
662720786primary qualitiesqualities everyone agrees on, (size, shape, weight)1
662720787secondary qualitiessensation that depends on individual interpretation2
662720788impressioninitial sense experience, building blocks of ideas3
662720789ideaimpressions we reflected on, learned4
662720790sensationimpressions (modern term)5
662720791interpretationviewpoint, perception taken from6
662720792figure and groundfigure is the main object, ground is the background7
662720793visual groupingthe way we come to group objects that makes sense8
662720794secondary confirmationconfirming something using more than one sense9
662720795coherencemake logical sense (coherent)10
662720796independent testimonysecondary confirmation of an experience11
662720797common sense realismwhat is real is what we believe to be real12
662720798scientific realismworld described by science is the real world13
662720799phenomenalismthe physical world cannot be proven to be existing, only a perception of it14

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