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'''Empiricism''' is a [[philosophy|philosophical position]] which only considers information that is available to the [[senses]] is valid. It forms the foundation of the [[scientific method]].
While the philosophy itself is at odds with the [[spiritual]] aspects of [[religion]], science is not, in that science only studies what is empirically observable, and has nothing to say about that which is not.
[[category:Philosophy]]