empiricism
em·pir·i·cism
noun \im-ˈpir-ə-ˌsiz-əm, em-\Definition of EMPIRICISM
1
a : a former school of medical practice based on the teachings of the empirics b : quackery
2
: the practice of relying on observation and experiment especially in the natural sciences
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