Empiricist
noun
A person who supports the theory that all knowledge is based on experience or observation.
The scientist was an empiricist, always relying on data from experiments.
Often appears as...
- philosophical empiricist
- radical empiricist
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Formal
Academic
adjective
Relating to the theory that all knowledge comes from experience or observation.
Her empiricist approach to teaching focuses on hands-on learning.
Often appears as...
- empiricist philosophy
- empiricist approach
Usage tips
Formal
Academic
noun
A person who supports the theory that all knowledge is based on experience or observation.
The scientist was an empiricist, always relying on data from experiments.
Often appears as...
- philosophical empiricist
- radical empiricist
Usage tips
Formal
Academic
adjective
Relating to the theory that all knowledge comes from experience or observation.
Her empiricist approach to teaching focuses on hands-on learning.
Often appears as...
- empiricist philosophy
- empiricist approach
Usage tips
Formal
Academic
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Pro Tip 1/3Experience Is Key
Focus on real-life experiences and observations when discussing empiricists.
As an empiricist, she valued lessons learned from direct life experiences.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Just Science
Empiricism is not limited to science; it applies to broader philosophical contexts too.
He's an empiricist in his ethical beliefs, relying on the outcomes of actions.
Pro Tip 3/3Observational Learning
Empiricists emphasize learning through sensory experiences rather than theory.
The classroom's empiricist focus had students conduct their own experiments.
Pro Tip 1/3Experience Is Key
Focus on real-life experiences and observations when discussing empiricists.
As an empiricist, she valued lessons learned from direct life experiences.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Just Science
Empiricism is not limited to science; it applies to broader philosophical contexts too.
He's an empiricist in his ethical beliefs, relying on the outcomes of actions.
Pro Tip 3/3Observational Learning
Empiricists emphasize learning through sensory experiences rather than theory.
The classroom's empiricist focus had students conduct their own experiments.
Pro Tip 1/3Experience Is Key
Focus on real-life experiences and observations when discussing empiricists.
As an empiricist, she valued lessons learned from direct life experiences.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Just Science
Empiricism is not limited to science; it applies to broader philosophical contexts too.
He's an empiricist in his ethical beliefs, relying on the outcomes of actions.
Pro Tip 3/3Observational Learning
Empiricists emphasize learning through sensory experiences rather than theory.
The classroom's empiricist focus had students conduct their own experiments.
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Video examples
The new political story...
Now, we are creatures of narrative, and a string of facts and figures, however important facts and figures are -- and, you know, I'm an empiricist, I believe in facts and figures -- but those facts and figures have no power to displace a persuasive story.
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Safari Live - Day 329 PIPE...
you today waiting for the right temperatures I'm shaking my temperatures you doing over 90 degrees for a high turnout you are whether you use the empiricist Impala or use the metric system and over 30
Video examples
The new political story...
Now, we are creatures of narrative, and a string of facts and figures, however important facts and figures are -- and, you know, I'm an empiricist, I believe in facts and figures -- but those facts and figures have no power to displace a persuasive story.
Video examples
Safari Live - Day 329 PIPE...
you today waiting for the right temperatures I'm shaking my temperatures you doing over 90 degrees for a high turnout you are whether you use the empiricist Impala or use the metric system and over 30
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Quote examples
Arthur Phillips
American Novelist
I'm an aesthetic empiricist. If you like something, it doesn't matter who made it. There really is no objective standard other than your own taste. You develop your own tastes, you find things that do or do not fit your tastes, and therefore are or are not 'good.' Whether they have been labeled as produced by the right person is another matter.
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E. O. Wilson
American Scientist
The essence of humanity's spiritual dilemma is that we evolved genetically to accept one truth and discovered another. Is there a way to erase the dilemma, to resolve the contradictions between the transcendentalist and the empiricist world views?
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Blake Bailey
American Writer
To be a good biographer, you have to be an empiricist. You know, you have to gather the evidence, you have to keep an open mind, and you have to be objective. A memoirist goes in with all the baggage of a bad biographer.
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Rick Wilson
American Author
Even as an empiricist, I have to say that I believe in luck. I've seen it too many times in politics to let it pass by unnoticed.
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Gilles Deleuze
I have always felt that I am an empiricist, that is, a pluralist.
Quote examples
Arthur Phillips
American Novelist
I'm an aesthetic empiricist. If you like something, it doesn't matter who made it. There really is no objective standard other than your own taste. You develop your own tastes, you find things that do or do not fit your tastes, and therefore are or are not 'good.' Whether they have been labeled as produced by the right person is another matter.
Quote examples
E. O. Wilson
American Scientist
The essence of humanity's spiritual dilemma is that we evolved genetically to accept one truth and discovered another. Is there a way to erase the dilemma, to resolve the contradictions between the transcendentalist and the empiricist world views?
Quote examples
Blake Bailey
American Writer
To be a good biographer, you have to be an empiricist. You know, you have to gather the evidence, you have to keep an open mind, and you have to be objective. A memoirist goes in with all the baggage of a bad biographer.
Quote examples
Rick Wilson
American Author
Even as an empiricist, I have to say that I believe in luck. I've seen it too many times in politics to let it pass by unnoticed.
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Gilles Deleuze
I have always felt that I am an empiricist, that is, a pluralist.
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