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sensationalism
sen·sa·tion·al·ism S0265800 (sĕn-sā′shə-nə-lĭz′əm)n.1. a. The use of sensational matter or methods, especially in writing, journalism, or politics.b. Sensational subject matter.c. Interest in or the effect of such subject matter.2. Philosophy The theory that sensation is the only source of knowledge.3. The ethical doctrine that feeling is the only criterion of good.
sen·sa′tion·al·ist n.sen·sa′tion·al·is′tic adj.sensationalism (sɛnˈseɪʃənəˌlɪzəm) n1. the use of sensational language, etc, to arouse an intense emotional response2. such sensational matter itself3. (Philosophy) philosophy a. the doctrine that knowledge cannot go beyond the analysis of experienceb. ethics the doctrine that the ability to gratify the senses is the only criterion of goodness4. (Psychology) psychol the theory that all experience and mental life may be explained in terms of sensations and remembered images5. (Philosophy) aesthetics the theory of the beauty of sensuality in the arts Also called (for senses 3, 4): sensationism senˈsationalist n, adj senˌsationalˈistic adjsen•sa•tion•al•ism (sɛnˈseɪ ʃə nlˌɪz əm)
n. 1. the use of sensational subject matter or style. 2. the philosophic doctrine that the good is to be judged only by the gratification of the senses. [1840–50] sen•sa′tion•al•ist, n., adj. sen•sa`tion•al•is′tic, adj. sensationalism1. the doctrine that all ideas are derived from and essentially reducible to sense perceptions. Also called sensuism.
2. Ethics. the doctrine that the good is to be judged only by or through the gratification of the senses. Also called sensualism. See also ethics; literary style; media. — sensationalist, n. — sensationalistic, adj.See also: Philosophy
1. the use of subject matter, language, or style designed to amaze or thrill. See also media; philosophy,
2. such subject matter, language, or style itself. — sensationalist, n. — sensationalistic, adj.See also: Literary Style
sensualism. — sensationalist, n.See also: Ethics
the act of shocking or intent to shock, especially through the media; the practice of using startling but superficial efïects, in art, literature, etc., to gain attention. See also literary style; philosophy. — sensationalist, n.See also: Media
the act of shocking or intent to shock, especially through the media; the practice of using startling but superficial effects, in art, literature, etc., to gain attention. See also literature; media. — sensationalist, n.See also: Art
yellow journalism.See also: Language StyleSensationalism blood and thunder Melodrama, sensationalism. Of U. S. origin, the expression capsulizes the stock terror-inducing devices and stage effects common to works of the genre. Mrs. Bill, left to herself, resumed reading a blood and thunder romance. (Quinland, 1857) penny dreadful A cheap, sensational novel of adventure, crime, violence, or sex; a trashy, pornographic, or blood-and-guts magazine or newspaper. This British colloquialism is aptly defined by James Hotten in The Dictionary of Modern Slang, Cant, and Vulgar Words (1873): Those penny publications which depend more upon sensationalism than upon merit, artistic or literary, for success. Although such writings no longer cost a penny, the expression persists. A collection of penny dreadfuls is sometimes sold in books nicknamed shilling shockers. A more modern American variation is dime novel, though even this expression has been dated by inflation. yellow journalism Media coverage that concentrates on the gory and gruesome, blatantly appealing to the public’s basest curiosities; flagrant bias and distortion in presenting the news, so as to attract purchasers or otherwise achieve personal gain for the publisher. Many employ the term rather loosely today in disparaging reference to any reporting they consider unfair or “nonobjective.” Though the expression gained popularity during the era of muckraking, much of which was attributed to the Hearst syndicate, its origin is rather innocuous, deriving from an early experiment in color printing on newsprint. In 1895 The New York World published an edition containing a cartoon of a child in a yellow dress, captioned “The Yellow Kid.” Such a novelty was naturally designed to attract buyers, but it was a far cry from tabloids catering to the market for mutilation and perversion—today’s “yellow journalism.” sensationalismThe theory that all our knowledge derives ultimately from the sensesThesaurus| Noun | 1. | sensationalism - subject matter that is calculated to excite and please vulgar tastessubject matter, content, message, substance - what a communication that is about something is about | | 2. | sensationalism - the journalistic use of subject matter that appeals to vulgar tastes; "the tabloids relied on sensationalism to maintain their circulation"luridnessjournalese - the style in which newspapers are written | | 3. | sensationalism - (philosophy) the ethical doctrine that feeling is the only criterion for what is goodsensualismphilosophy - the rational investigation of questions about existence and knowledge and ethicsphilosophical doctrine, philosophical theory - a doctrine accepted by adherents to a philosophy | | 4. | sensationalism - (philosophy) the doctrine that knowledge derives from experienceempiricism, empiricist philosophyBritish empiricism - the predominant philosophical tradition in Great Britain since the 17th centuryexperimentalism - an empirical doctrine that advocates experimental principleslogical positivism, positivism - the form of empiricism that bases all knowledge on perceptual experience (not on intuition or revelation)philosophy - the rational investigation of questions about existence and knowledge and ethicsphilosophical doctrine, philosophical theory - a doctrine accepted by adherents to a philosophy |
Translationssensacionalismosensationnalismesensualismesensationalism
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 HobbesHobbes, Thomas
, 1588–1679, English philosopher, grad. Magdalen College, Oxford, 1608. For many years a tutor in the Cavendish family, Hobbes took great interest in mathematics, physics, and the contemporary rationalism.
..... Click the link for more information. , John LockeLocke, John
, 1632–1704, English philosopher, founder of British empiricism. Locke summed up the Enlightenment in his belief in the middle class and its right to freedom of conscience and right to property, in his faith in science, and in his confidence in the goodness of
..... Click the link for more information. , George BerkeleyBerkeley, George
, 1685–1753, Anglo-Irish philosopher and clergyman, b. Co. Kilkenny, Ireland. Educated at Trinity College, Dublin, he became a scholar and later a fellow there. Most of Berkeley's important work in philosophy was done in his younger years.
..... Click the link for more information. , David HumeHume, David
, 1711–76, Scottish philosopher and historian. Educated at Edinburgh, he lived (1734–37) in France, where he finished his first philosophical work, A Treatise of Human Nature (1739–40).
..... Click the link for more information. , Julien de La MettrieLa Mettrie, Julien Offray de
, 1709–51, French physician and philosopher. On the basis of personal observation he claimed that psychical activity is purely the result of the organic construction of the brain and nervous system and developed this theory in
..... Click the link for more information. , Baron d'HolbachHolbach, Paul Henri Thiry, baron d'
, Ger. Paul Heinrich Dietrich, Baron von Holbach , 1723–89, French philosopher, one of the Encyclopedists. Although a native of the Palatinate, he lived in Paris from childhood.
..... Click the link for more information. , Claude HelvétiusHelvétius, Claude Adrien
, 1715–71, French philosopher, one of the Encyclopedists. He held the post of farmer-general (i.e., tax collector), an exceedingly remunerative position.
..... Click the link for more information. , Étienne de CondillacCondillac, Étienne Bonnot de
, 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).
..... Click the link for more information. , Ernst MachMach, Ernst
, 1838–1916, Austrian physicist and philosopher, b. Moravia. He taught (1864–67) mathematics at Graz and later, until his retirement in 1901, was professor of physics at Prague and Vienna.
..... Click the link for more information. , and others. See also empiricismempiricism
[Gr.,=experience], philosophical doctrine that all knowledge is derived from experience. For most empiricists, experience includes inner experience—reflection upon the mind and its operations—as well as sense perception.
..... Click the link for more information. .Sensationalism in the theory of knowledge, a school asserting that the senses provide the main form of knowledge. Unlike rationalism, sensationalism seeks to derive the entire content of knowledge from the senses. In the history of philosophy materialist schools of sensationalism have been counterposed to idealist schools. In man’s sensory activity materialist sensationalism discovers a link between consciousness and the outside world, and in the reactions of man’s senses, a reflection of the world. In sensory activity idealist sensationalism sees an autonomous and self-sufficient sphere of consciousness. Idealism was evident in the sensationalism of Protagoras. He proclaimed sensory perception the only source of knowledge, at the same time contending that the senses give people information only about their own states and by no means about the external causes underlying them. Epicurus formulated a system of consistently materialist sensationalism. The Stoics’ more moderate sensationalism recognized as genuine not every sensory perception but only those arising in the consciousness under certain conditions. The classical formula of sensationalism was coined by the Stoics: there is nothing in reason that has not first been experienced by the senses. P. Gassendi, T. Hobbes, and J. Locke were outstanding representatives of materialist sensationalism in the 17th century. Taking as his point of departure the basic formulas of sensationalism, Locke endeavored to derive from sensory experience the entire content of human consciousness, but he admitted that a spontaneous force, independent of experience, is inherent in the mind. Grappling with the inconsistency of Locke’s sensationalism, G. Berkeley completely discarded external experience and viewed sensations (“ideas”) as a property of human consciousness alone—that is, he gave an idealistic interpretation to sensationalism. However, in introducing the idea of god, Berkeleian subjective idealist sensationalism failed to support its own basic principle. According to Berkeley, the activity of god determines the appearance of every idea of the human spirit. D. Hume’s subjective idealist sensationalism, which was based on agnosticism, served as the foundation for subjective idealist phenomenalism, the basis of several 19th- and 20th-century bourgeois philosophical currents, including positivism, empiriocriticism and neopositivism. The most outstanding representatives of materialist sensationalism were the 18th-century French materialists J. de La Mettrie, C. Helvétius, D. Diderot, and P. Holbach. Overcoming Locke’s inconsistency and rejecting Berkeley’s idealism, they linked sensations, the basis of all knowledge, with the objective world, the source of sensations. In opposition to the speculative idealism prevailing in German philosophy in the late 18th and early 19th centuries, the materialist sensationalism of L. Feuerbach affirmed the immediate certainty of sensory knowledge. At the same time, Feuerbach realized that the senses are only a point of departure for knowledge, the complexity of which necessarily incorporates the activity of understanding and reason. However, the sensationalism of Feuerbach and the French materialists was flawed by a narrowness stemming from a failure to understand the specific character of the rational phase of knowledge. By starting with a recognition of the practical, social character of knowledge, dialectical materialism brings together the sensory and rational forms of knowledge and reveals the dialectic of their interaction. V. V. SOKOLOV sensationalism1. Philosophya. the doctrine that knowledge cannot go beyond the analysis of experience b. Ethics the doctrine that the ability to gratify the senses is the only criterion of goodness 2. Psychol the theory that all experience and mental life may be explained in terms of sensations and remembered images 3. Aesthetics the theory of the beauty of sensuality in the arts sensationalism
Synonyms for sensationalismnoun subject matter that is calculated to excite and please vulgar tastesRelated Words- subject matter
- content
- message
- substance
noun the journalistic use of subject matter that appeals to vulgar tastesSynonymsRelated Wordsnoun (philosophy) the ethical doctrine that feeling is the only criterion for what is goodSynonymsRelated Words- philosophy
- philosophical doctrine
- philosophical theory
noun (philosophy) the doctrine that knowledge derives from experienceSynonyms- empiricism
- empiricist philosophy
Related Words- British empiricism
- experimentalism
- logical positivism
- positivism
- philosophy
- philosophical doctrine
- philosophical theory
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