One of the significant debates in epistemology is about the sources, or origins, of knowledge. What position in this debate is expressed by the term empiricism?

The answer is: Knowledge should be based on sensory or practical experience.

Explanation:

Empiricism is a phylosophical and epistemological theory, which states that the only reliable source of knowledge must come from sensory experience, that only sensory or practical experience can lead to the development of a concept. An important premise of empiricism is that concepts and theories are a posteriori, since they are based on experience, they come after it. Empiricism opposes to the racionalist theory, and as an epistemological perspective, it has theoretical and methodological implications