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there was science before empiricism. aristotle wasn't very much in touch in reality, but i think he believed he did science
by zerostar07 9y ago
there was science before empiricism. aristotle wasn't very much in touch in reality, but i think he believed he did science
- qntty 9y agoAristotle was notably precisely because he was an empiricist. He was the first philosopher to actually observe things (mostly plants and animals). This was a departure from Platonic rationalism, which told you that knowledge of reality was knowledge of forms.