meaning of empiricism
1. The method or practice of an empiric; pursuit of knowledge by observation and experiment.
2. Specifically, a practice of medicine founded on mere experience, without the aid of science or a knowledge of principles; ignorant and unscientific practice; charlatanry; quackery.
3. The philosophical theory which attributes the origin of all our knowledge to experience.
4. medical practice and advice based on observation and experience in ignorance of scientific findings
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