What is another word for empiricists?

Pronunciation: [ɛmpˈɪɹɪsˌɪsts] (IPA)

Empiricists are individuals who rely on observable and verifiable evidence to support their scientific theories and knowledge. Other synonyms for empiricists include experimentalists, naturalists, scientists, and pragmatists. Experimentalists explore and test theories through experiments and observation, while naturalists study the natural world and its phenomena. Scientists emphasize the importance of systematic and objective investigation to develop new knowledge and understanding. Pragmatists adhere to a practical approach to problem-solving and decision-making, favoring solutions that have been proven to work through empirical evidence. These terms all emphasize the significance of empirical evidence in the pursuit of knowledge and understanding in various fields.

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Usage examples for Empiricists

These abstract concepts had been a source of difficulty to the empiricists, because they had not been able to reduce them to particular impressions, and Dewey's proposed method appears to involve the same difficulty.
"John Dewey's logical theory"
Delton Thomas Howard
Dewey attempts to show, in a discussion which need not be followed in detail, that there is nothing radical in his view, and that it finds support among the idealists and empiricists alike.
"John Dewey's logical theory"
Delton Thomas Howard
The historical method is subject to two misunderstandings, Dewey says, one by the empiricists and materialists, the other by the idealists.
"John Dewey's logical theory"
Delton Thomas Howard

Famous quotes with Empiricists

  • That's the whole problem with science. You've got a bunch of empiricists trying to describe things of unimaginable wonder.
    Bill Watterson
  • That's the whole problem with science. You've got a bunch of empiricists trying to describe things of unimaginable wonder.
    Bill Watterson
  • Perhaps she was not really so perfect, but he had made her so in his mind. People did this; he had seen it. As though the world of humans was created from their desires as much as their perception—an issue the empiricists tried to deal with in their natural philosophy. Although he realized this was a trivial truth, still, trying to comprehend the reality of a situation was his constant activity. He could not necessarily trust the word of ministers, who all had their own purposes; nor what his mother might think, for her own perception was colored by her desire to see people in certain ways. One did not trust the periodicals, certainly, and pamphleteers were never disinterested. Everyone seemed to see the world and events a little differently, depending on their own personal mixture of desire and pragmatism. In history there were any number of rulers whose perception of events was so far removed from reality that it led to calamity. Prince Wilam did not want to be one of those—at any cost. Even if it meant giving up the world as he desired it to be.
    Sean Russell

Related words: empiricism, empiricist, empiricists, empiricism vs rationalism, empiricists philosophical movement

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