EMPIRICISM

• (noun) medical practice and advice based on observation and experience in ignorance of scientific findings

  synonyms : quackery

• (noun) the application of empirical methods in any art or science

• (noun) (philosophy) the doctrine that knowledge derives from experience

  synonyms : empiricist philosophy , sensationalism

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