A kind of subjective idealism doctrine put forward by Bogdanov, a Russian Machist. Empirio-monism advocates a monistic interpretation of experience. It regards all that exists as a continuous chain of development, the lower links of which are lost in the chaos of elements, while the higher links represent the experience of men—psychical and still higher, physical experience, and the top link is the knowledge takes its source therefrom. Experience is the foundation—material concepts come from experience, and knowledge comes from “experience”. Empirio-monism is in fact subjective idealism deeming spirit as primary and material secondary…
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