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Empiricism

Empiricism Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Empiricism? [n] the doctrine that knowledge derives from experience Synonyms \| Synonyms for Empiricism: empiricist philosophy \| sensationalism Related Terms \| Find terms related to Empiricism: altruistic ethics \| animalism \| aretaics \| atomism \| behaviorism \| casuistry \| categorical imperative \| Christian ethics \| commonsense realism \| comparative ethics \| control \| control experiment \| controlled experiment \| cut and try \| deontology \| dialectical materialism \| earthliness \| egoistic ethics \| epiphenomenalism \| ethical formalism \| ethical philosophy \| ethology \| ethonomics \| eudaemonics \| evolutionism \| experiment \| experimental design \| experimental method \| experimental proof \| experimentalism \| experimentation \| golden rule \| hedonism \| historical materialism \| hit and miss \| hylomorphism \| hylotheism \| hylozoism \| intuitionism \| Marxism \| materialism \| mechanism \| moral philosophy \| natural realism \| naturalism \| new realism \| noble experiment \| perfectionism \| physicalism \| physicism \| positive philosophy \| positivism \| pragmaticism \| pragmatism \| R and D \| realism \| representative realism \| research and development \| rule of thumb \| secularism \| situation ethics \| Stoicism \| substantialism \| temporality \| tentative method \| tentativeness \| testing \| trial \| trial and error \| trying \| utilitarianism \| worldliness See Also \| experimentalism \| logical positivism \| philosophical doctrine \| philosophical theory \| positivism Empiricism In Webster's Dictionary \Empir"icism\, n. 1. The method or practice of an empiric; pursuit of knowledge by observation and experiment. 2. Specifically, a practice of medicine founded on mere experience, without the aid of science or a knowledge of principles; ignorant and unscientific practice; charlatanry; quackery. 3. (Metaph.) The philosophical theory which attributes the origin of all our knowledge to experience.

Empiricism Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Empiricism?

[n] the doctrine that knowledge derives from experience

Synonyms | Synonyms for Empiricism: empiricist philosophy | sensationalism

Empiricism In Webster's Dictionary

\Em*pir"i*cism\, n.
1. The method or practice of an empiric; pursuit of knowledge
   by observation and experiment.

2. Specifically, a practice of medicine founded on mere
   experience, without the aid of science or a knowledge of
   principles; ignorant and unscientific practice;
   charlatanry; quackery.

3. (Metaph.) The philosophical theory which attributes the
   origin of all our knowledge to experience.

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