All 6 Uses
empirical
in
Sophie's World
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- We call this the empirical method.†
Chpt 16 *empirical = based on experience or observation rather than theory
- Empirical science was known in antiquity, but systematic experiments were something quite new.†
Chpt 16
- She had been very careful to point out that the empirical method came before the technological discoveries.†
Chpt 17
- The classic formulation of an empirical approach came from Aristotle.†
Chpt 20
- You could, for example, say that Descartes's rationalism was a thesis—which was contradicted by Hume's empirical antithesis.†
Chpt 26
- So he had an empirical basis for his claims.†
Chpt 30
Definitions:
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(1)
(empirical) based on experience or observation rather than theory
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)