Sinonim empiricism

English Thesaurus

1. medical practice and advice based on observation and experience in ignorance of scientific findings (noun.act)

hypernym	:	medical practice,
definition	:	the practice of medicine (noun.act)

2. the application of empirical methods in any art or science (noun.act)

hypernym	:	investigating, investigation,
definition	:	the work of inquiring into something thoroughly and systematically (noun.act)

3. (philosophy) the doctrine that knowledge derives from experience (noun.cognition)

hypernym	:	philosophical doctrine, philosophical theory,
definition	:	a doctrine accepted by adherents to a philosophy (noun.cognition)

hyponym	:	british empiricism,
definition	:	the predominant philosophical tradition in Great Britain since the 17th century (noun.cognition)

hyponym	:	experimentalism,
definition	:	an empirical doctrine that advocates experimental principles (noun.cognition)

hyponym	:	logical positivism, positivism,
definition	:	the form of empiricism that bases all knowledge on perceptual experience (not on intuition or revelation) (noun.cognition)

domain category	:	philosophy,
definition	:	the rational investigation of questions about existence and knowledge and ethics (noun.cognition)

4. medical practice and advice based on observation and experience in ignorance of scientific findings (noun.act)

derivation	:	quack,
definition	:	act as a medical quack or a charlatan (verb.body)

derivation	:	empiric, empirical,
definition	:	relying on medical quackery (adj.pert)

5. the application of empirical methods in any art or science (noun.act)

derivation	:	empiric, empirical,
definition	:	derived from experiment and observation rather than theory (adj.all)

6. (philosophy) the doctrine that knowledge derives from experience (noun.cognition)

derivation	:	empiricist,
definition	:	a philosopher who subscribes to empiricism (noun.person)

7. medical practice and advice based on observation and experience in ignorance of scientific findings (noun.act)

derivation	:	quack,
definition	:	act as a medical quack or a charlatan (verb.body)

derivation	:	empiric, empirical,
definition	:	relying on medical quackery (adj.pert)

8. the application of empirical methods in any art or science (noun.act)

derivation	:	empiric, empirical,
definition	:	derived from experiment and observation rather than theory (adj.all)

9. (philosophy) the doctrine that knowledge derives from experience (noun.cognition)

derivation	:	empiricist,
definition	:	a philosopher who subscribes to empiricism (noun.person)