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Empiricism

noun

(philosophy) the doctrine that knowledge derives from experience. Synonyms: empiricist philosophy, sensationalism.

The application of empirical methods in any art or science.

Medical practice and advice based on observation and experience in ignorance of scientific findings. Synonym: quackery.

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"Empiricism" Quotes from Famous Books

... which only satisfied itself by the overthrow of thrones, by the transgression of all established limits, and by its declaration of the supreme rights of reason and will; and a false philosophy, with its unholy brood of Empiricism, Idealism, Materialism, Rationalism, and Naturalism. The skepticism of the present day asserts rights to which it has no claim whatever, for it holds that the so-called mysteries of Christianity have no divine basis, and that there can be nothing supernatural in revelation. Neither can the ...

— History of Rationalism Embracing a Survey of the Present State of Protestant Theology • John F. Hurst

... With this philosophy was associated the Medical School of Methodism, a system said to have been founded by Asclepiades of Prusa (who lived in Rome in the first century before Christ), and by his pupil Themison (B.C. 50). The third school of medical thought, that of Empiricism, taught that experience was the only teacher, and that it was idle to speculate upon remote causes. The Empirics based these views upon the teaching of philosophers known as Sceptics or Zetetics, followers of Parmenides and ...

— Outlines of Greek and Roman Medicine • James Sands Elliott

... the booty was in the robber's own safe keeping, the empiricism of his method was revealed. As yet he knew no secret and efficient fence to shield him from detection; as yet he had not learnt that the complete burglar works alone. This time he knew two accomplices—women both, and one his own sister! A paltry ...

— A Book of Scoundrels • Charles Whibley

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