All 3 Uses of
empirical
in
1984 by Orwell
- This failed to happen, partly because of the impoverishment caused by a long series of wars and revolutions, partly because scientific and technical progress depended on the empirical habit of thought, which could not survive in a strictly regimented society.
p. 189..3empirical = based on experience or observation rather than theory
- The empirical method of thought, on which all the scientific achievements of the past were founded, is opposed to the most fundamental principles of Ingsoc.
p. 193..4 *empirical = based on experience or observation
- But in matters of vital importance — meaning, in effect, war and police espionage — the empirical approach is still encouraged, or at least tolerated.
p. 193..6empirical = based on experience or observation rather than theory
Definition:
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(empirical) based on experience or observation rather than theory