EMPIRICISM

n.

3 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
n.

The method or practice of an empiric; pursuit of knowledge by observation and experiment.

2.
n.

Specifically, a practice of medicine founded on mere experience, without the aid of science or a knowledge of principles; ignorant and unscientific practice; charlatanry; quackery.

3.
n.

The philosophical theory which attributes the origin of all our knowledge to experience.