Empiricism

Time is emergent — it is known only through the succession of sensory impressions. Hume denied that we can observe the "flow" of time itself; we observe only the sequence of events. Time is continuous, linear, uni-directional, and finite insofar as temporal knowledge is bounded by what has been or can be observed.

Space is emergent — it is known only through sensory experience of spatial relations among observed objects. The empiricist does not speculate about the ultimate nature of space beyond what observation reveals. It is flat, finite, local, and three-dimensional as far as ordinary experience discloses.

Matter is emergent — it is known through sense experience as that which resists and presents itself to observation. The empiricist avoids metaphysical claims about matter's ultimate nature, treating it as whatever is encountered through the senses. Matter is conserved and local within the bounds of observational evidence.

Energy is emergent — it is a concept derived from and justified by observational evidence. Conservation holds as an empirical generalization confirmed by extensive experimental evidence. Dispersibility is irreversible as observed in thermodynamic processes.

Information is derived from sensory experience and accumulated through observation. Each observation adds to the accumulated store of empirical knowledge.