Empirical
adjective
Based on real experiences or scientific experiments, not just theoretical ideas.
Empirical research is necessary for the development of new medicines.
Often appears as...
- empirical evidence
- empirical research
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Academic
adjective
Relating to a philosophy stating that knowledge can only come from observation and experience.
Empiricism is a fundamental concept in modern psychology.
Often appears as...
- empirical methods
- empirical philosophy
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Academic
adjective
Relating to things which can be seen or experienced, rather than ideas or theories.
She has gathered a huge amount of empirical data from her studies.
Often appears as...
- empirical studies
- empirical knowledge
adjective
Based on real experiences or scientific experiments, not just theoretical ideas.
Empirical research is necessary for the development of new medicines.
Often appears as...
- empirical evidence
- empirical research
Usage tips
Academic
adjective
Relating to a philosophy stating that knowledge can only come from observation and experience.
Empiricism is a fundamental concept in modern psychology.
Often appears as...
- empirical methods
- empirical philosophy
Usage tips
Academic
adjective
Relating to things which can be seen or experienced, rather than ideas or theories.
She has gathered a huge amount of empirical data from her studies.
Often appears as...
- empirical studies
- empirical knowledge
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Real Evidence
Use 'empirical' when discussing evidence gained through direct observation or experiment.
The study's empirical findings contradicted previous assumptions.
Pro Tip 2/3Scientific Context
'Empirical' often appears in scientific research, indicating tested and observed results.
Their hypothesis was supported by empirical data.
Pro Tip 3/3Beyond Speculation
Use 'empirical' to emphasize that information is not speculative but based on evidence.
We need empirical analysis, not guesses, to solve this.
Pro Tip 1/3Real Evidence
Use 'empirical' when discussing evidence gained through direct observation or experiment.
The study's empirical findings contradicted previous assumptions.
Pro Tip 2/3Scientific Context
'Empirical' often appears in scientific research, indicating tested and observed results.
Their hypothesis was supported by empirical data.
Pro Tip 3/3Beyond Speculation
Use 'empirical' to emphasize that information is not speculative but based on evidence.
We need empirical analysis, not guesses, to solve this.
Pro Tip 1/3Real Evidence
Use 'empirical' when discussing evidence gained through direct observation or experiment.
The study's empirical findings contradicted previous assumptions.
Pro Tip 2/3Scientific Context
'Empirical' often appears in scientific research, indicating tested and observed results.
Their hypothesis was supported by empirical data.
Pro Tip 3/3Beyond Speculation
Use 'empirical' to emphasize that information is not speculative but based on evidence.
We need empirical analysis, not guesses, to solve this.
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How I hacked online...
So I said, fine, from here on out I'm only going on dates where I know there's Wi-Fi, and I'm bringing my laptop. I'm going to shove it into my bag, I'm going to have this email template, and I'm going to fill it out and collect information on all these different data points during the date to prove to everybody that empirically, these dates really are terrible.
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How does the Rorschach...
Did the color on some inkblots help them give better answers, or distract and overwhelm them? He developed a system to code people’s responses, reducing the wide range of interpretations to a few manageable numbers. Now he had empirical measures to quantify all kinds of test the creative and imaginative,
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A powerful way to...
One of them was on Brownian motion, it provided empirical evidence that atoms exist, and it laid out the basic mathematics behind most of financial economics. Another one was on the theory of special relativity. Another one was on the photoelectric effect, that's why solar panels work, it's a nice one.
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The most groundbreaking...
broke ground for geology, and showed how unbiased, empirical observation can cut across intellectual borders to deepen our perspective. His finest accomplishment, though, may be his maxim, casting the search for truth beyond our senses and our current understanding as the pursuit of the beauty
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Flat Earth vs. Round...
to believe that the world is flat and you know it's more than just distrust and government it's this notion that thousands of years of empirical scientific evidence is now being dismissed as a mere conspiracy and that's where I think it really starts getting dangerous for all of us
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Turbulence: One of the...
For example, the motion of the atmosphere is significantly influenced by factors including gravity and the earth’s rotation. Or take relatively simple things like the drag on buildings and cars. We can model those thanks to many experiments and empirical evidence.
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Why Brexit happened --...
The first relates to the idea of civic education. What stands out from Brexit is the gap between public perception and empirical reality. It's been suggested that we've moved to a postfactual society, where evidence and truth no longer matter,
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How science & reason...
Hitchens dictum after my friend Christopher Hitchens who said that which can be asserted without evidence can be dismissed without evidence you have to have reasons for your moral beliefs arguments rationality empirical evidence
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Yuval Noah Harari...
trade and globalization we don't want it anymore so that's that's part of the story but i i still think it there is something deeper than that i don't know i mean we need a lot of of research and empirical data to back up
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The Last Cowboys of...
horse is the most important collect my horses name is empirical it's very great to have a horse who can help you like this one
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How I hacked online...
So I said, fine, from here on out I'm only going on dates where I know there's Wi-Fi, and I'm bringing my laptop. I'm going to shove it into my bag, I'm going to have this email template, and I'm going to fill it out and collect information on all these different data points during the date to prove to everybody that empirically, these dates really are terrible.
Video examples
How does the Rorschach...
Did the color on some inkblots help them give better answers, or distract and overwhelm them? He developed a system to code people’s responses, reducing the wide range of interpretations to a few manageable numbers. Now he had empirical measures to quantify all kinds of test the creative and imaginative,
Video examples
A powerful way to...
One of them was on Brownian motion, it provided empirical evidence that atoms exist, and it laid out the basic mathematics behind most of financial economics. Another one was on the theory of special relativity. Another one was on the photoelectric effect, that's why solar panels work, it's a nice one.
Video examples
The most groundbreaking...
broke ground for geology, and showed how unbiased, empirical observation can cut across intellectual borders to deepen our perspective. His finest accomplishment, though, may be his maxim, casting the search for truth beyond our senses and our current understanding as the pursuit of the beauty
Video examples
Flat Earth vs. Round...
to believe that the world is flat and you know it's more than just distrust and government it's this notion that thousands of years of empirical scientific evidence is now being dismissed as a mere conspiracy and that's where I think it really starts getting dangerous for all of us
Video examples
Turbulence: One of the...
For example, the motion of the atmosphere is significantly influenced by factors including gravity and the earth’s rotation. Or take relatively simple things like the drag on buildings and cars. We can model those thanks to many experiments and empirical evidence.
Video examples
Why Brexit happened --...
The first relates to the idea of civic education. What stands out from Brexit is the gap between public perception and empirical reality. It's been suggested that we've moved to a postfactual society, where evidence and truth no longer matter,
Video examples
How science & reason...
Hitchens dictum after my friend Christopher Hitchens who said that which can be asserted without evidence can be dismissed without evidence you have to have reasons for your moral beliefs arguments rationality empirical evidence
Video examples
Yuval Noah Harari...
trade and globalization we don't want it anymore so that's that's part of the story but i i still think it there is something deeper than that i don't know i mean we need a lot of of research and empirical data to back up
Video examples
The Last Cowboys of...
horse is the most important collect my horses name is empirical it's very great to have a horse who can help you like this one
Example 1 of 10
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Werner Heisenberg
German Physicist
It is generally believed that our science is empirical and that we draw our concepts and our mathematical constructs from the empirical data. If this were the whole truth, we should, when entering into a new field, introduce only such quantities as can directly be observed, and formulate natural laws only by means of these quantities.
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Frank Ocean
American Musician
Some people focus more on sonics. Some people focus more on story. I focus on both sonics and story, but music sometimes, just music itself, can turn into more of a maths problem. I guess everything in life is a math problem, but it can be more about an empirical route to getting the symmetry that you want, and this vibe, sonically.
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Huston Smith
American Theologian
Science is empirical, all about physical senses that tell us about the world. But physical senses are not the only senses we have. Nobody has ever seen a thought. Nobody has ever seen a feeling. And yet thoughts and feelings are where we live our lives most immediately, and science cannot connect with that.
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Pawel Pawlikowski
Polish Director
I always thought that life is full of stories and characters that feel like literary stories and characters. So when I started making documentaries, they weren't humble empirical things, just following people around. I was always trying to impose a story.
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Jerome Powell
American Public Servant
There is clear empirical evidence that the response of EME financial markets to different shocks, including changes in U.S. interest rates, depends importantly on the state of economic fundamentals in the EMEs themselves.
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Barkha Dutt
Indian Journalist
Neither scientific laboratories nor excavation expeditions can unravel the human need to believe in a greater truth, a truth strangely made all the more grand and mysterious by the absence of empirical evidence.
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Michael Leunig
Australian Cartoonist
The child who has no need to feign empirical knowledge about life can wonder and fantasise with great ease. The world is his oyster, or any other thing he wants it to be.
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Talcott Parsons
American Sociologist
In so far as such a theory is empirically correct it will also tell us what empirical facts it should be possible to observe in a given set of circumstances.
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James McBride
American Writer
Historians will tell you that they deal with fact and empirical evidence. But that doesn't really help me understand a person.
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Brian Eno
British Musician
The lyrics are constructed as empirically as the music. I don't set out to say anything very important.
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Werner Heisenberg
German Physicist
It is generally believed that our science is empirical and that we draw our concepts and our mathematical constructs from the empirical data. If this were the whole truth, we should, when entering into a new field, introduce only such quantities as can directly be observed, and formulate natural laws only by means of these quantities.
Quote examples
Frank Ocean
American Musician
Some people focus more on sonics. Some people focus more on story. I focus on both sonics and story, but music sometimes, just music itself, can turn into more of a maths problem. I guess everything in life is a math problem, but it can be more about an empirical route to getting the symmetry that you want, and this vibe, sonically.
Quote examples
Huston Smith
American Theologian
Science is empirical, all about physical senses that tell us about the world. But physical senses are not the only senses we have. Nobody has ever seen a thought. Nobody has ever seen a feeling. And yet thoughts and feelings are where we live our lives most immediately, and science cannot connect with that.
Quote examples
Pawel Pawlikowski
Polish Director
I always thought that life is full of stories and characters that feel like literary stories and characters. So when I started making documentaries, they weren't humble empirical things, just following people around. I was always trying to impose a story.
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Jerome Powell
American Public Servant
There is clear empirical evidence that the response of EME financial markets to different shocks, including changes in U.S. interest rates, depends importantly on the state of economic fundamentals in the EMEs themselves.
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Barkha Dutt
Indian Journalist
Neither scientific laboratories nor excavation expeditions can unravel the human need to believe in a greater truth, a truth strangely made all the more grand and mysterious by the absence of empirical evidence.
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Michael Leunig
Australian Cartoonist
The child who has no need to feign empirical knowledge about life can wonder and fantasise with great ease. The world is his oyster, or any other thing he wants it to be.
Quote examples
Talcott Parsons
American Sociologist
In so far as such a theory is empirically correct it will also tell us what empirical facts it should be possible to observe in a given set of circumstances.
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James McBride
American Writer
Historians will tell you that they deal with fact and empirical evidence. But that doesn't really help me understand a person.
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Brian Eno
British Musician
The lyrics are constructed as empirically as the music. I don't set out to say anything very important.
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