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empiricism /em·pir·i·cism/ (em-pir´ĭ-sizm) skill or knowledge based entirely on experience.empir´icempir´ical

em·pir·i·cism (

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1. Employment of empirical methods, as in science.

2. The practice of medicine that disregards scientific theory and relies solely on practical experience.

em·piri·cist n.

empiricism

[empir′isiz′əm]

a form of therapy based on the therapist's personal experience and that of other practitioners. empiricist, n.

empiricism,

n philosophical school in which theories must be based upon repeatable observations. Modern science has empiricism as its philosophical foundation.

empiricism

skill or knowledge based entirely on experience; compare with rationalism.

empiricism

The belief that knowledge or behaviour stems from experience, learning or data acquired by observation or experimentation. See nativism; empiricist theory.

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empiricism (redirected from British Empiricists)

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