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empiricism
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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 (m-pîr-szm)
n.
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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