Empiricism vs. Realism

Empiricismnoun

A pursuit of knowledge purely through experience, especially by means of observation and sometimes by experimentation.

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(philosophy) A doctrine which holds that the only or, at least, the most reliable source of human knowledge is experience, especially perception by means of the physical senses. (Often contrasted with rationalism.)

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A practice of medicine founded on mere experience, without the aid of science or a knowledge of principles; ignorant and unscientific practice; the method or practice of an empiric.

Empiricismnoun

The method or practice of an empiric; pursuit of knowledge by observation and experiment.

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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.

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The philosophical theory which attributes the origin of all our knowledge to experience.

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(philosophy) the doctrine that knowledge derives from experience

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the application of empirical methods in any art or science

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medical practice and advice based on observation and experience in ignorance of scientific findings

Empiricism

In philosophy, empiricism is a theory that states that knowledge comes only or primarily from sensory experience. It is one of several views of epistemology, along with rationalism and skepticism.

Realismnoun

A concern for fact or reality and rejection of the impractical and visionary.

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An artistic representation of reality as it is.

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(sciences) The viewpoint that an external reality exists independent of observation.

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(philosophy) A doctrine that universals are real—they exist and are distinct from the particulars that instantiate them.

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As opposed to nominalism, the doctrine that genera and species are real things or entities, existing independently of our conceptions. According to realism the Universal exists ante rem (Plato), or in re (Aristotle).

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Fidelity to nature or to real life; representation without idealization, and making no appeal to the imagination; adherence to the actual fact.

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the practise of assessing facts and the probabilities of the consequences of actions in an objective manner; avoidance of unrealistic or impractical beliefs or efforts. Contrasted to idealism, self-deception, overoptimism, overimaginativeness, or visionariness.

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the attribute of accepting the facts of life and favoring practicality and literal truth

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(philosophy) the philosophical doctrine that physical object continue to exist when not perceived

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the state of being actual or real;

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an artistic movement in 19th century France; artists and writers strove for detailed realistic and factual description

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(philosophy) the philosophical doctrine that abstract concepts exist independent of their names