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Empiricism

Meaning

Noun

In Medicine & Epistemology:
Medicine as
by an
,
on
experience, without the
of
or a knowledge of
;
, quackery.
In Philosophy & Epistemology:
A
which
that the only or,
, the most
of human knowledge is experience, especially
the physical
. (Often
with rationalism.)
In Epistemology:
A
of knowledge
through experience, especially
and sometimes by experimentation.
In Political science, Social sciences, Sociology & Epistemology:
used to
research based on
from
(see above), e.g.
,
, etc.
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Origin

empiricism
English
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ἐμπειρία
Ancient Greek (to 1453)
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