empiricism
has definitions from the fields of philosophy,medicine
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[ noun ] (philosophy) the doctrine that knowledge derives from experience
Synonyms Used in print (John F. Hayward, "Mimesis and Symbol in the Arts"...)Neither is primary experience understood according_to the attitude of modern empiricism in which nothing is thought to be received other_than signals of sensory qualities producing their responses in the appropriate sense_organs . |
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[ noun ] (medicine) medical practice and advice based on observation and experience in ignorance of scientific findings
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[ noun ] the application of empirical methods in any art or science
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