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