empiricism
noun
em·pir·i·cism
im-ˈpir-ə-ˌsi-zəm 
em-
1
a
: a former school of medical practice founded on experience without the aid of science or theory
b
2
a
: the practice of relying on observation and experiment especially in the natural sciences
b
: a tenet arrived at empirically
3
: a theory that all knowledge originates in experience
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Romantic literature isn’t all love stories; the cohort rejected the cold reason and empiricism of the Enlightenment in favor of the irrational, the supernatural, the emotional, and the deeply subjective.
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Judy Berman, TIME, 1 July 2024
But the Gulf rulers have also evinced a hard-headed, Machiavellian empiricism that is amoral rather than immoral.
—Robert D. Kaplan, Foreign Affairs, 8 Aug. 2023
That's why empiricism was invented in the first place, and why it's been so spectacularly successful over the last few centuries.
—Sean Carroll, Discover Magazine, 2 Apr. 2012
In short, empiricism dominated philosophy and psychology until the second half of the 20th century, when nativist-friendly thinkers such as Noam Chomsky swung the pendulum back toward Plato.
—Jacob Beck, Scientific American, 14 Feb. 2023
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Judy Berman, TIME, 1 July 2024
But the Gulf rulers have also evinced a hard-headed, Machiavellian empiricism that is amoral rather than immoral.
—Robert D. Kaplan, Foreign Affairs, 8 Aug. 2023
That's why empiricism was invented in the first place, and why it's been so spectacularly successful over the last few centuries.
—Sean Carroll, Discover Magazine, 2 Apr. 2012
In short, empiricism dominated philosophy and psychology until the second half of the 20th century, when nativist-friendly thinkers such as Noam Chomsky swung the pendulum back toward Plato.
—Jacob Beck, Scientific American, 14 Feb. 2023
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“Empiricism.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/empiricism. Accessed 26 Nov. 2024.
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empiricism
noun
em·pir·i·cism
im-ˈpir-ə-ˌsiz-əm
em-
1
: the practice of relying on observation and experiment in the natural sciences
2
: a theory that knowledge begins with experience
Medical Definition
empiricism
noun
em·pir·i·cism
im-ˈpir-ə-ˌsiz-əm, em-
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