empiricism

In its strong form, the thesis that there is no reality behind appearances. Thus, it is the job of science to catalog the formal relations which hold between appearances without claims of describing reality. See phenomenalism 
&ltDiscussion &gt &ltReferences &gt Chris Eliasmith

contrasts with Rationalism by believing that you get all ideas or concepts from experience and that truth must be established by reference to experience alone. See Empirical ; Radical empiricism ; British empiricism ; Logical empiricism ; Scientific empiricism ; Religious empiricism ; and Scientific empiricism