The method or practice of an empiric; pursuit of knowledge by observation and experiment.
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The act of investigating; the process of inquiring into or following up; research; study; inquiry, esp. patient or thorough inquiry or examination; a…
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A system of philosophy originated by M. Auguste Comte, which deals only with positives. It excludes from philosophy everything but the natural phenom…
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One who follows an empirical method; one who relies upon practical experience.
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One who follows an empirical method; one who relies upon practical experience.
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Pertaining to, or founded upon, experiment or experience; depending upon the observation of phenomena; versed in experiments.
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Pertaining to, or founded upon, experiment or experience; depending upon the observation of phenomena; versed in experiments.
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An empiric.
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An empiric.
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To utter a sound like the cry of a duck.
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To utter a sound like the cry of a duck.
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The acts, arts, or boastful pretensions of a quack; false pretensions to any art; empiricism.
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The doctrine held by Condillac, and by some ascribed to Locke, that our ideas originate solely in sensation, and consist of sensations transformed; s…
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