empiricism

noun

medical practice and advice based on observation and experience in ignorance of scientific findings

the application of empirical methods in any art or science

(philosophy) the doctrine that knowledge derives from experience

Roots

empeiriaempir- · Greek · experience

Synonyms for empiricism

positivismn intuitionismn physicalismn naturalismn hylozoismn pragmatismn utilitarianismn hylotheismn

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