Empiricism which can be defined as a theory that state knowledge was gained only or primarily by sensory experiences was several views of epistemology along with rationalism and scepticism rather than rational deduction and innateness Empiricism emphasizes the role of empirical evidence in the formation of ideas over the idea of innate ideas or traditions however the traditions arise due to relations of previous sense experiences Besides it is in the philosophy of science in which emphasizes evidence especially from experiments or empirical research Simply taking the pros and cons of empiricism itself there are loads of space for further discussion One of the advantages of empiricism is that became a method to find truth that rationalism no longer is a necessary to account for how the world runs The wide use of empiricism can be backed up by Galileo Galilei s numerous theories He insist to test every theory empirically if it works within the laws of physics
