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Word | Empiricism |
Japanese Meaning | 経験主義, 経験論 |
the doctrine that knowledge derives from experience / the application of empirical methods in any art or science / The method or practice of an empiric / the theory that all knowledge is derived from sense-experience. Stimulated by the rise of experimental science, it developed in the 17th and 18th centuries, expounded in particular by John Locke, George Berkeley, and David Hume., | |
Usage | ⇒ He is a strict follower of empiricism in research ⇒ Fernow played up a widely accepted historical dichotomy between European theory and British empiricism in science. |
Synonyms | experimentation, empiricist philosophy, experientialism, sensationalism, experimentalism, induction, quackery, rule of thumb, behaviorism, charlatanism, discovery, materialism, philosophy, positivism, altruistic ethics, animalism, aretaics, atomism, casuistry, categorical imperative, |
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