empiricism
em pi ruh si zuhm
- n (philosophy) the doctrine that knowledge derives from experience
- n the application of empirical methods in any art or science
- n medical practice and advice based on observation and experience in ignorance of scientific findings
- The shift is most striking in the Anglo-American academies of thought, where strict forms of empiricism have reigned.
- Does being a Burkean has anything to do with empiricism, or is it just an emotional characteristic or pose of some who are born into the upper or upper-middle class?.
- Evolutionary biologists and social commentators have lately taken to answering the claims of intelligent-design boosters not with clear-eyed scientific empiricism but with sneering .