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empiricism |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Empiricism \Em*pir"i*cism\, n. 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. (Metaph.) The philosophical theory which attributes the origin of all our knowledge to experience. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: empiricism n : the doctrine that knowledge derives from experience [syn: {empiricist philosophy}, {sensationalism}]
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