Naïve empiricism 249201 151136273 2007-08-14T09:08:43Z Kenosis 938404 minor followup of Delerium's excellent research into a difficult and diffuse area. (Falsification -> Falsifiability) '''Naïve empiricism''' is a term used in several ways in different fields. In the [[philosophy of science]], it is used by opponents to describe the position, associated with some [[logical positivist]]s, that "immediate sense experience is by itself sufficient to provide the foundations for knowledge".<ref>{{cite book | author = Thomas Ernst Uebel | title = Overcoming Logical Positivism from Within: The Emergence of Neurath's Naturalism in the Vienna Circle's Protocol Sentence Debate | pages = p. 205 | year = 1992 | publisher = Rodopi}}</ref> The term also is used to describe a particular methodology for [[literary analysis]].<ref>{{cite book | author = Michael McKeon | title = The Origins of the English novel | pages = p. 105-109 | year = 1986 | publisher = Johns Hopkins University Press}}</ref> See also: :[[Empiricism]] :[[Falsifiability]] (especially, "[[Falsifiability#Na.C3.AFve_falsification|Naïve falsification]]") ==References== {{reflist}} [[Category:Epistemology]] [[Category:Philosophy of science]]