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empiricism noun. M17.
[from EMPIRIC + -ISM.]
Practice based on experiment and observation. Formerly, ignorant or unscientific practice, quackery. M17.
Philosophy. The doctrine or theory that all knowledge is derived from sense-experience; the doctrine or theory that concepts and statements have meaning only in relation to sense-experience. Opp. RATIONALISM 3. Cf. SENSATIONALISM 1. L18.
logical empiricism: see LOGICAL adjective.
An assertion made on empirical grounds. M19.
empiricist noun & adjective (a) noun an exponent or adherent of empiricism; (b) adjective of, pertaining to, or characterized by philosophical empiricism: E18.