empiricism

Example Sentences

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“It’s potentially very healthy if these investigations are animated by an empiricism — an ability to get to the facts,” he said.

From Seattle Times

Democracy, it's worth remembering, emerged as an Enlightenment ideal, and cannot be separated from other Enlightenment values, such as the importance of empiricism and the value of critical thinking.

From Salon

Perhaps to ask for evidence for this claim or a way to rule in or out other explanations of these phenomena is to manifest the very empiricism he opposes.

From Washington Post

In the book, Charles took issue with “empiricism,” the view that since science cannot prove the existence of God, God must not exist.

From Washington Post

This view has influenced thinking in Christian and Persian philosophies, British empiricism and Marxist doctrine.

From Scientific American