empiricism
31Empiricism — the doctrine that all knowledge ultimately comes from experience, denying the notion of innate ideas or a priori knowledge about the world. It is opposed with rationalism …
32empiricism — [ɛm pɪrɪsɪz(ə)m] noun Philosophy the theory that all knowledge is based on experience derived from the senses. Derivatives empiricist noun & adjective …
33empiricism — n. 1. Dependence on experience, reliance on the evidence of sense alone. 2. (Philos.) Empirical philosophy, sensationalism, sensualism, theory of the sole validity of sense. 3. Quackery, charlatanism, charlatanry …
34empiricism — noun (U) the belief in basing your ideas on practical experience empiricist noun (C) …
35empiricism — em·pir·i·cism …
36empiricism — UK [ɪmˈpɪrɪˌsɪz(ə)m] / US noun [uncountable] the belief that ideas should be based on real experience or scientific experiments rather than on theory …
37empiricism — Эмпиризм …
38empiricism — em•pir•i•cism [[t]ɛmˈpɪr əˌsɪz əm[/t]] n. 1) empirical method or practice 2) pho the philosophic doctrine that all knowledge is derived from sense experience Compare rationalism 2) 3) undue reliance upon experience, as in medicine; quackery 4) a… …
39empiricism — /ɛmˈpɪrəsɪzəm/ (say em piruhsizuhm) noun 1. empirical method or practice. 2. Philosophy the doctrine that all knowledge is derived from experience. 3. undue reliance upon experience; quackery. 4. an empirical conclusion. –empiricist, noun,… …
40empiricism — This word (from the Greek empeiria, meaning experience ) refers to the philosophical position that all humanknowledge comes from experience, either sensory experience or internal experience …
