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empiricism - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'empiricism' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Empiricism [ n.]
- The method or practice of an empiric; pursuit of knowledge by observation and experiment.
- Specifically, a practice of medicine founded on mere experience, without the aid of science or a knowledge of principles; ignorant and unscientific practice; charlatanry; quackery.
- The philosophical theory which attributes the origin of all our knowledge to experience.