Thesaurus: empiricism

Related headwords

Definitions

1. n. The method or practice of an empiric; pursuit of knowledge by observation and experiment.
2. n. 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. n. The philosophical theory which attributes the origin of all our knowledge to experience.
4. n. (philosophy) the doctrine that knowledge derives from experience
5. n. the application of empirical methods in any art or science
6. n. medical practice and advice based on observation and experience in ignorance of scientific findings
7. 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.
8. The philosophical theory which attributes the origin of all ourknowledge to experience.
9. n:100 n. (philosophy) the doctrine that knowledge derives from experience n. the application of empirical methods in any art or science