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empiricism::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | quackery |
| Type of | medical practice |
| Derivation | empiric, empirical |
empiricism::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | empiricist philosophy, sensationalism |
| Type of | philosophical doctrine, philosophical theory |
| Has types | positivism, experimentalism, logical positivism, british empiricism |
| Derivation | empiricist |
empiricism::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | investigating, investigation |
| Derivation | empiric, empirical |
Examples of empiricism
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Bas van Fraassen developed constructive empiricism as an alternative to realism.
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Constructive empiricism is thus a normative, semantic and epistemological thesis.
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Empiricism claims that at least some knowledge is only a matter of observation.
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Empiricism claimed that only the senses could be trusted as a source of knowledge.
From the markvernon.com
The business school was defined by empiricism-what worked and what made money.
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Community psychology grounds all advocacy and social justice action in empiricism.
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Just don't imagine that empiricism has to cancel out optimism-or negate hope.
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One gets the sense that the low-hanging fruit of empiricism have been picked.
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In this book, Newton's strict empiricism shaped and defined his Fluxional Calculus.
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- (philosophy) the doctrine that knowledge derives from experience
- The application of empirical methods in any art or science
- Quackery: medical practice and advice based on observation and experience in ignorance of scientific findings
- (empiricist) a philosopher who subscribes to empiricism
- In philosophy, empiricism is a theory of knowledge that asserts that knowledge arises from evidence gathered via sense experience. Empiricism is one of several competing views that predominate in the study of human knowledge, known as epistemology. ...
- Empiricism is the fifth studio album by Borknagar, and their first studio album to feature Vintersorg (known as the frontman of the band of the same name) on vocals, along with the addition of Tyr on bass. This would mark the last album appearance of Jens F. Ryland on guitar until 2010.
- A pursuit of knowledge purely through experience, especially by means of observation and sometimes by experimentation; A doctrine which holds that the only or, at least, the most reliable source of human knowledge is experience, especially perception by means of the physical senses. ...
- (EMPIRICIST) Specifically, a British philosopher of the 17th and 18th century such as Hobbes, tended to believe that knowledge derives from our sensory experience and its ramifications. ...
- (empiricist) a person who believes that knowledge is gained only through experience.
