In philosophy, the term empiricism is used to describe a number of distinct philosophical attitudes, practices, and propositions. From Wordnik.com. [Intelligent Thought: Science versus the Intelligent Design Movement - The Panda's Thumb] Reference
What do the terms empiricism and rationalism mean?. From Wordnik.com. [A Pluralistic Universe Hibbert Lectures at Manchester College on the Present Situation in Philosophy] Reference
Libertarians argue that there are limits to reason — your empiricism is welcome here!. From Wordnik.com. [The Volokh Conspiracy » Telos Returns to ‘New Class’ Analysis and the Critique of the ‘Wholly-Administered Society”] Reference
But this sort of "logical empiricism" is at best a very crude method for assessing the goodness of arguments. From Wordnik.com. [Backing Into an Evidentiary Standard for ID] Reference
Seems to me a combination of both coupled with some good old fashioned empiricism is the path to warranted belief. From Wordnik.com. [But Will it Sell in Peoria?] Reference
One of the amusing things about empiricism is that it makes the having of observable consequences a criterion of reality. From Wordnik.com. [Backing Into an Evidentiary Standard for ID] Reference
Vividbleau wrote: ya know its gotta be scary for them to come to grips with the fact that their empiricism is self refuting. From Wordnik.com. [Carry-Over Thread] Reference
But I worry that this new generation of quantitative empiricism is crowding out qualitative empiricism and what is pejoratively called “casual” empiricism. From Wordnik.com. [Empirical Legal Scholarship and Faculty Hiring] Reference
A process known as empiricism or the scientific method. From Wordnik.com. [William Dembski Refutes "Pro-ID" Paper - The Panda's Thumb] Reference
This theory is called "empiricism" and has shaped the minds of most men in the Anglo-American world since that time. From Wordnik.com. [Catholic Whiggery:The Neo-Conservative Betrayal Of Church Social Teaching] Reference
This isn't a choice between hard-headed hypothesis-testing empiricism that's not the only kind of empiricism! and intelligent design. From Wordnik.com. [The essential paradigm of cyberspace] Reference
English empiricism was rapidly swept out of existence. From Wordnik.com. [The Unity of Civilization] Reference
LOUIS: Well, but here we go back to empiricism, right?. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jul 1, 2007] Reference
I said, if we're going to do empiricism, Hank, come jump in here. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jul 1, 2007] Reference
And it's about time you started talking about facts and empiricism. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Sep 5, 2007] Reference
Francis Bacon (1561 – 1626) argued for joining logic and empiricism. From Wordnik.com. [An Introduction to Ecological Economics~ Chapter 2] Reference
And I think one of the lessons is the importance of empiricism over ideology. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Dec 3, 2006] Reference
I learned that conservatism is also about skepticism, empiricism and prudence. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Oct 15, 2006] Reference
Unproveable in an empirical sense but so many things are, including empiricism. From Wordnik.com. [On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with...] Reference
From the methodological perspective, both traditions emphasize the role of empiricism. From Wordnik.com. [Science at the Crossroads] Reference
'Outwardly he's all empiricism and pragmatism, outsmarting the Russians and the Chinese. From Wordnik.com. [The Alamut Ambush]
Mr. Phinn said breathlessly, “Pray, what inspires this gush of unbridled empiricism?”. From Wordnik.com. [Scales of Justice]
It is this pragmatic ratio-empiricism which we imply when we use the term "rationalistic.". From Wordnik.com. [The Fair Play Settlers of the West Branch Valley, 1769-1784 A Study of Frontier Ethnography] Reference
Or does empiricism, transparency and rational inquiry not inform the classroom in question?. From Wordnik.com. [On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with...] Reference
Then she halted, opened her shooting-stick and, with alarming empiricism, let herself down on it. From Wordnik.com. [Scales of Justice]
It is often pointed out that Hawking is a theorizer; he leaves empiricism and proof behind in the dust. From Wordnik.com. [A Beautiful Mind, an Ugly Possibility] Reference
The theory can be judged only by the criterion of "elegance," not by the empiricism that defines science. From Wordnik.com. [The Know-It-All Era] Reference
Moreover, the idealism and the empiricism of the Politics are never really reconciled by Aristotle himself. From Wordnik.com. [Politics: A Treatise on Government] Reference
Ideology vs. empiricism: The coming tax fight is going to involve a lot of screaming from supply-side ideologues. From Wordnik.com. [Pearlstein: On tax fight, Obama can't afford to lose] Reference
They are amusing and even instructive occasionally, but there is a serious side to them -- their crass empiricism. From Wordnik.com. [Pan-Islam] Reference
The mode of procedure in this case is empiricism; the result with Locke was sensualism, -- more fully developed by. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 02, No. 08, June 1858] Reference
People like Droog cannot understand the crucial difference between empiricism and the Popperian scientific process. From Wordnik.com. [On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with...] Reference
There is a legion of secondary symptoms of proctitis, all of which medical empiricism considers and denominates causes. From Wordnik.com. [Intestinal Ills Chronic Constipation, Indigestion, Autogenetic Poisons, Diarrhea, Piles, Etc. Also Auto-Infection, Auto-Intoxication, Anemia, Emaciation, Etc. Due to Proctitis and Colitis] Reference
He found that the core pillar of "rationality" associated with free markets was not in line with mathematical empiricism. From Wordnik.com. [Matthew Anderson: Lower Case Capitalism] Reference
One of the most striking traits of the British is their dogged empiricism and deep suspicion of the ideas-producing classes. From Wordnik.com. [Giving evidence to the Chilcot inquiry, Tony Blair said: “I...] Reference
We may note, in particular, that this empiricism, which has been expounded most carefully by Pearson and Mach, coincides with. From Wordnik.com. [Recent Developments in European Thought] Reference
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