empirical
adj.
learned through observation, capable of being verified or disproved through experiments and experience
Empirical
A central concept in
science and the
scientific method is that all evidence must be empirical, or empirically based, that is, dependent on evidence or consequences that are observable by the senses. Empirical data is data that is produced by experiment or observation. It is usually differentiated from the philosophic usage of
empiricism by the use of the adjective "empirical" or the adverb "empirically." "Empirical" as an adjective or adverb is used in conjunction with both the
natural and
social sciences, and refers to the use of working
hypotheses that are
testable using
observation or
experiment. In this sense of the word, scientific statements are subject to and derived from our experiences or observations.
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empirical
Adjective
1. derived from experiment and observation rather than theory; "an empirical basis for an ethical theory"; "empirical laws"; "empirical data"; "an empirical treatment of a disease about which little is known"
(synonym) empiric
(antonym) theoretical, theoretic
(similar) a posteriori
2. relying on medical quackery; "empiric treatment"
(synonym) empiric
(pertainym) quackery, empiricism
(classification) archaism, archaicism
Empirical
(a.)
Pertaining to, or founded upon, experiment or experience; depending upon the observation of phenomena; versed in experiments.
(a.)
Depending upon experience or observation alone, without due regard to science and theory; -- said especially of medical practice, remedies, etc.; wanting in science and deep insight; as, empiric skill, remedies.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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empirical
Synonyms and related words:
Cyrenaic, Eleatic, Epicurean, Megarian, Stoic, animist, animistic, atomistic, cosmotheistic, cut-and-try, eclectic, eudaemonistic, existential, experiential, experimental, factual, hedonic, hedonist, hedonistic, heuristic, hit-or-miss, humanist, humanistic, idealistic, instrumentalist, materialistic, mechanistic, metaphysical, monistic, naturalistic, nominalist, observed, panlogistical, pantheistic, pilot, positivist, positivistic, practical, pragmatic, pragmatist, probationary, probative, probatory, proving, provisional, rationalistic, realist, realistic, scholastic, sensationalistic, syncretistic, tentative, test, testing, theistic, transcendentalist, transcendentalistic, trial, trial-and-error, trying, utilitarian, verificatory, vitalistic, voluntarist, voluntaristic
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