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Empiricism, a Rare card
Empiricism is an epistemological view in philosophy which holds that true knowledge or justification comes either only or primarily from sensory experience and empirical evidence.
- Rarity
- Rare
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 77
- DEF
- 81
- Power
- 158
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 210,000
Power 158 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 80 % of WikiCards cards.
Empiricism quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Empiricism card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
It is one of several competing views within ______, along with rationalism and skepticism.
Answer
epistemology. It is one of several competing views within epistemology, along with rationalism and skepticism. From the Empiricism article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Edward Bernays. Edward Bernays 82 · Empiricism 77 · Évariste Galois 74 · Walnut 71 ATK in WikiCards.
In a duel, each round asks a question like these about the opposing card, with 15 seconds to answer.
The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- It is one of several competing views within epistemology, along with rationalism and skepticism.
- Empiricists argue that empiricism is a more reliable method of finding the truth than relying purely on logical reasoning, because humans have cognitive biases and limitations which lead to errors of judgement.
- Empiricism emphasizes the central role of empirical evidence in the formation of ideas, rather than innate ideas or traditions.
Why it is Rare
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Empiricism article was read about 210,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 77 and blocks with 81: each hit it takes is cut by 32 %.
How to get Empiricism
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Empiricism (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Paul van Somer I / Formerly attributed to Frans Pourbus the Younger, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
