empiricism
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əˌsɪz noun
1.
empirical method or practice.
2.
Philosophy. the doctrine that all knowledge is derived from sense experience. Compare rationalism ( def 2 ).
3.
undue reliance upon experience, as in medicine; quackery.
4.
an empirical conclusion.
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| —n | |
| 1. | philosophy intuitionism Compare rationalism the doctrine that all knowledge of matters of fact derives from experience and that the mind is not furnished with a set of concepts in advance of experience |
| 2. | the use of empirical methods |
| 3. | medical quackery; charlatanism |
| em'piricist | |
| —n, —adj | |
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empiricism em·pir·i·cism (ěm-pēr'ĭ-sĭz'əm)
n.
Employment of empirical methods, as in science.
The practice of medicine that disregards scientific theory and relies solely on practical experience.
em·pir'i·cist n.
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Example sentences
But there is something paradoxical in the idea of radical empiricism itself.
And this is a subject that clearly arouses a lot of strong feelings and is thus in sore need of more empiricism.
Much psychological empiricism rests on undergraduates who participate in studies for course credit.
First, economics is a social science whose empiricism is questionable at best.
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