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== Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_116208" /> == | |||
<p> '''(1):''' ''' (''' n.) The method or practice of an empiric; pursuit of knowledge by observation and experiment. </p> <p> '''(2):''' ''' (''' n.) 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. </p> <p> '''(3):''' ''' (''' n.) The philosophical theory which attributes the origin of all our knowledge to experience. </p> | |||
== The Nuttall Encyclopedia <ref name="term_72599" /> == | |||
<p> A philosophical term applied to the theory that all knowledge is derived from the senses and experience alone, to the rejection of the theory of innate ideas; Locke, in modern times, is the great representative of the school that advocates this doctrine supported by Aristotle. </p> | <p> A philosophical term applied to the theory that all knowledge is derived from the senses and experience alone, to the rejection of the theory of innate ideas; Locke, in modern times, is the great representative of the school that advocates this doctrine supported by Aristotle. </p> | ||
==References == | ==References == | ||
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<ref name="term_116208"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/webster-s-dictionary/empiricism Empiricism from Webster's Dictionary]</ref> | |||
<ref name="term_72599"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/the-nuttall-encyclopedia/empiricism Empiricism from The Nuttall Encyclopedia]</ref> | <ref name="term_72599"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/the-nuttall-encyclopedia/empiricism Empiricism from The Nuttall Encyclopedia]</ref> | ||
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Latest revision as of 17:17, 15 October 2021
Webster's Dictionary [1]
(1): ( n.) The method or practice of an empiric; pursuit of knowledge by observation and experiment.
(2): ( n.) 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): ( n.) The philosophical theory which attributes the origin of all our knowledge to experience.
The Nuttall Encyclopedia [2]
A philosophical term applied to the theory that all knowledge is derived from the senses and experience alone, to the rejection of the theory of innate ideas; Locke, in modern times, is the great representative of the school that advocates this doctrine supported by Aristotle.
