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

Although the Neoplatonists did not value Aristotle’s empiricism, they did not completely cast his ideas aside.

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