empiricism
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It was the result of "absolute carelessness, irresponsibility and unscientific empiricism", he said.
From BBC ● Jun. 5, 2025
In the history of these debates over the nature of consciousness, the element of the subjective is often either dismissed as a casualty of empiricism, or downplayed as though it’s not as valuable.
From Salon ● Apr. 21, 2024
The Greek philosopher Aristotle had stressed the study of the world through direct observation, a method known as empiricism.
From Textbooks ● Apr. 19, 2023
In short, empiricism dominated philosophy and psychology until the second half of the 20th century, when nativist-friendly thinkers such as Noam Chomsky swung the pendulum back toward Plato.
From Scientific American ● Mar. 7, 2023
The discussion of experience/experiment claims that the English vocabulary fosters empiricism, while the French vocabulary is at odds with it; this would also seem to be true in this case.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
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