empiricism

noun
High School
1

A doctrine which holds that the only or, at least, the most reliable source of human knowledge is experience, especially perception by means of the physical senses. (Often contrasted with rationalism.)

2

A pursuit of knowledge purely through experience, especially by means of observation and sometimes by experimentation.

3

Research methodology shaped from empirical philosophy (see above), e.g. surveys, statistics, etc.

4

Medicine as practised by an empiric, founded on mere (personal or anecdotal) experience, without the aid of science or a knowledge of principles.

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