empirical

And yet, to the opponents of apartheid such as Nelson Mandela, Mr. Easterly reminds us, “this accurate empirical statement was beside the point.”

First, there is no empirical evidence that any past, present or future event "exists" in the way that things in the world around us exist.

The empirical challenge to the materialist position from terminal lucidity implies that consciousness can exist independently of the brain but isn’t necessarily “evidence for the human soul.”

The best empirical estimates find that lower interest rates lead to no or slightly lower inflation for a year or so, then slightly higher inflation after two or three years.

They did note, however, that the acetaminophen theory had only “limited empirical support.”