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empirical
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empirical
adj.
learned through observation, capable of being verified or disproved through experiments and experience
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Empirical evidence
Empirical evidence, data, or knowledge, also known as sense experience, is a collective term for the knowledge or source of knowledge acquired by means of the senses, particularly by observation and experimentation. The term comes from the Greek word for experience, ἐμπειρία (empeiría). After Immanuel Kant, it is common in philosophy to call the knowledge thus gained ''a posteriori'' knowledge. This is contrasted with a priori knowledge, the knowledge accessible from pure reason alone.
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empirical
Adjective
1. derived from experiment and observation rather than theory; "an empirical basis for an ethical theory"; "empirical laws"; "empirical data"; "an empirical treatment of a disease about which little is known"
(synonym) empiric
(antonym) theoretical, theoretic
(similar) a posteriori
2. relying on medical quackery; "empiric treatment"
(synonym) empiric
(pertainym) quackery, empiricism
(classification) archaism, archaicism
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empirical
příd.jm.
empirický
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empirical
Przym.
empiryczny; namacalny
