empiricism
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Empiricism, rationality and truth are all values entwined with the democratic ideal.
From Salon • Oct. 18, 2024
Empiricism, existentialism, solipsism — “Epiphany” sends a lot of -isms into space, just to laugh at the volley.
From New York Times • Jun. 23, 2022
Empiricism emphasizes the value of evidence gained from experimentation and observation.
From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2017
Empiricism and intuition tend to be radically different starting points for thinking about the world.
From Forbes • Feb. 24, 2012
Empiricism says, Nothing but the relation-yielding matrix in which the several items of the world find themselves embedded,—time, namely, and space, and the mind of the knower.
From The Will to Believe : and Other Essays in Popular Philosophy by James, William
Vocabulary lists containing empiricism
Some Political and Philosophical -isms
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Power Suffix: -ism
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The Enlightenment
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