Difference between revisions of "Empiric"
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== Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_116202" /> == | == Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_116202" /> == | ||
<p> (1): (a.) Alt. of Empirical </p> <p> (2): (n.) One who confines himself to applying the results of mere experience or his own observation; especially, in medicine, one who deviates from the rules of science and regular practice; an ignorant and unlicensed pretender; a quack; a charlatan. </p> <p> (3): (n.) One who follows an empirical method; one who relies upon practical experience. </p> | <p> '''(1):''' ''' (''' a.) Alt. of Empirical </p> <p> '''(2):''' ''' (''' n.) One who confines himself to applying the results of mere experience or his own observation; especially, in medicine, one who deviates from the rules of science and regular practice; an ignorant and unlicensed pretender; a quack; a charlatan. </p> <p> '''(3):''' ''' (''' n.) One who follows an empirical method; one who relies upon practical experience. </p> | ||
== The Nuttall Encyclopedia <ref name="term_72596" /> == | == The Nuttall Encyclopedia <ref name="term_72596" /> == | ||
Latest revision as of 04:04, 13 October 2021
Webster's Dictionary [1]
(1): ( a.) Alt. of Empirical
(2): ( n.) One who confines himself to applying the results of mere experience or his own observation; especially, in medicine, one who deviates from the rules of science and regular practice; an ignorant and unlicensed pretender; a quack; a charlatan.
(3): ( n.) One who follows an empirical method; one who relies upon practical experience.
The Nuttall Encyclopedia [2]
The name given to any who practises an art from the mere experience of results, apart from all reference to or knowledge of the scientific explanation.
