1) An empirical conclusion 2) Empirical method or practice 3) Empiricist philosophy 4) Philosophical doctrine 5) Philosophical movement 6) Philosophical theory 7) Quackery 8) Sensationalism
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1) Experimentalism 2) Positivism 3) Positivist 4) Positivistic 5) Quackery
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Empiricism is a theory which states that knowledge comes only or primarily from sensory experience. One of several views of epistemology, the study of human knowledge, along with rationalism and skepticism, empiricism emphasizes the role of experience and evidence, especially sensory experience, in the formation of ideas, over the notion of innate...
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the approach to philosophy that regards sense* experience* and observation as the fundamental means of finding philosophical truth. Empiricists usually tend to mistrust evidence based solely on logical argumentation. Hume is a typical example of an empiricist. (Cf. rationalism.)
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• (n.) The method or practice of an empiric; pursuit of knowledge by observation and experiment. • (n.) 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. • (n.) The philosophical theory which attributes t...
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The premise that knowledge should be acquired through observation.
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in philosophy, the attitude that beliefs are to be accepted and acted upon only if they first have been confirmed by actual experience. This broad ... [28 related articles]
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In philosophy, the view that knowledge can be derived only from sense experience. Modern empiricism, fundamentally opposed to the rationalism that derived knowledge by deduction from principles known as a priori, was developed in the philosophies of Locke, Berkeley, and Hume. Other thinkers in the '...
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An empiricist bases what he knows only on his observation and experience of the world around him regarding the information provided by his senses as valid.
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In philosophy, the belief that all knowledge is ultimately derived from sense experience. It is suspicious of metaphysical schemes based on
a priori propositions, which are claimed to be true...
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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. <psychology> The philosophical theory which attributes t...
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Em·pir'i·cism noun 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; ...
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Type: Term Pronunciation: em-pir′i-sizm Definitions: 1. A looking to experience as a guide to practice or to the therapeutic use of any remedy.
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the epistemological view that all knowledge is grounded in experience and direct observation, and not what's in our mind a priori. Eminent empiricists include Locke, Berkeley (pronounced Barkley), Hume, J.S. Mill and Bertrand Russell.
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Empiricism is the theory that personal experience is the source of all knowledge and that the mind was originally an absolute blank. The theory originated with Heraclitus and was characteristic of Greek speculative thought.
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the doctrine that all knowledge ultimately comes from experience, denying the notion of innate ideas or a priori knowledge about the world. It is opposed with rationalism.
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the doctrine that says sense experience is the only source of knowledge.
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empiricist philosophy noun (philosophy) the doctrine that knowledge derives from experience
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(1) A proposition about the sources of knowledge: that the sole source of knowledge is experience, or that either no knowledge at all or no knowledge with existential reference is possible independently of experience. Experience (q.v.) may be understood as either all conscious content, data of the senses only, or other designated content. Such emp....
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In philosophy, the belief that all knowledge is ultimately derived from sense experience. It is suspicious of metaphysical schemes based on a priori propositions, which are claimed to be true irrespective of experience. It is frequently contrasted with rationalism. Empiricism developed in the 17th and early 18th centuries through the work of John L...
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The doctrine that knowledge comes from experience, i.e. is A POSTERIORI.
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A theoretical approach which advocates the understanding of a problem through systematic and control
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empirical method or practice. · the doctrine that all knowledge is derived from sense experience. Cf. rationalism (def. 2). · undue reliance upon experience, as in medicine; quackery. · an empirical conclusion.
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the doctrine that knowledge derives from experience
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[Philosophical isms] the doctrine that knowledge derives from experience
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