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The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition

sensationalism in philosophy, the theory that there are no innate ideas and that knowledge is derived solely from the sense data of experience. The idea was discussed by Greek philosophers and is shown variously in the works of Thomas Hobbes , John Locke , George Berkeley , David Hume , Julien de La Mettrie , Baron d' Holbach , Claude Helvétius , Étienne de Condillac , Ernst Mach , and others. See also empiricism . ... Read more

sensationalism
The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English ...exciting or shocking stories or language at the expense of accuracy, in order to provoke public interest or excitement: media sensationalism. 2. Philos. another term for phenomenalism . DERIVATIVES: sen·sa·tion·al·ist n. & adj. sen·... Read more

Étienne Bonnot de Condillac
The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition , 1715-80, French philosopher who developed the theory of sensationalism (i.e., that all knowledge comes from the senses and that there are no innate ideas). He took holy orders, and in 1768 he became... Read more

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