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empiricism

/em-pir-uh-siz-uhm/US // ɛmˈpɪr əˌsɪz əm //UK // (ɛmˈpɪrɪˌsɪzəm) //

经验主义,实证主义,经验论,实践主义

Related Words

experimentation实验,试验,实验性,试用experientialism体验主义,经验主义,体验论,体验式

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : empirical method or practice.
    • : Philosophy. the doctrine that all knowledge is derived from sense experience.Compare rationalism.
    • : undue reliance upon experience, as in medicine; quackery.
    • : an empirical conclusion.

Synonyms & Antonyms

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Synonyms
experimentation实验,试验,实验性,试用experientialism体验主义,经验主义,体验论,体验式

Examples

  • Roosevelt, the Emperor of Empiricism, never learned the lesson Keynes tried to teach.

  • If President-elect Obama truly does forecast a new Age of Empiricism, then Larry is the best choice for Treasury.

  • Throughout civilized Europe a sort of carnival of empiricism prevailed.

  • Aristotle, by long odds the greatest naturalist of antiquity, laid the first philosophic basis for empiricism.

  • To the vocal scientist, "wearing the voice into place" represents the depth of empiricism.

  • This change in the character of vocal instruction will not be in any sense a return to empiricism.

  • The term empiricism is, however, now applied to any philosophical system which finds all its material in experience.

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