empiricism : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: empiricism	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for empiricism
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
empiricism n (philosophy) the doctrine that knowledge derives from experience Synonym(s): empiricism, 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(s): quackery, empiricism
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Empiricism \Empir"icism\, n. 1. The method or practice of an empiric; pursuit of knowledge by observation and experiment. 2. 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. 3. (Metaph.) The philosophical theory which attributes the origin of all our knowledge to experience.