Which statement best describes the existentialist attitude toward empiricism?
a) Existentialism suggests that we need to simplify complex empirical data.
b) Existentialism criticizes contemporary psychology for being too empirical.
c) Existentialism seeks to be less empirical by first developing an abstract concept of what it means to be human.
d) Existentialism seeks to be more empirical by looking at the whole human being.
Ans: d) Existentialism seeks to be more empirical by looking at the whole human being.
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