empiricist

Variant of empiricism

empiricism definition

em·piri·cism (em pir′i siz′əm)

noun

  1. experimental method; search for knowledge by observation and experiment
    1. a disregarding of scientific methods and relying solely on experience
    2. Archaic quackery
  3. Philos. the theory that sense experience is the only source of knowledge

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