empiricist - Definition and Meaning

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(noun)

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a person who supports the theory that all knowledge is based on experience derived from the senses

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most scientists are empiricists by nature

(adjective)

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relating to or characteristic of the theory that all knowledge is based on experience derived from the senses

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his radically empiricist view of science as a direct engagement with the world