SENSUALISM

Sensualism

Sensualism is a philosophical doctrine of the theory of knowledge, according to which sensations and perception are the basic and most important form of true cognition. It may oppose abstract ideas. The basic principle of sensualism is "there is not anything in mind, which hasn't been in the sensations."

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sensualism

Noun

  1. Addiction to or obsession with sensual pleasures or affairs
  2. The doctrine that gratification of the senses is the highest good.
  3. The doctrine that all knowledge not only originates in sensation, but are transformed sensations, copies or relics of sensations; sensationalism.


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