empiricism

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It was the result of "absolute carelessness, irresponsibility and unscientific empiricism", he said.

From BBC • Jun. 5, 2025

When your congregation zealously overestimates the epistemological functionality of empiricism in the work of logical positivism, you trap the conversation of science and consciousness in your lethally boring Vienna wagon-Circling.

From Salon • Apr. 1, 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

Experimentation thus required a deeply problematic balancing act between Platonic idealism and a crude empiricism.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton