quackery, empiricism
(noun) medical practice and advice based on observation and experience in ignorance of scientific findings
empiricism
(noun) the application of empirical methods in any art or science
empiricism, empiricist philosophy, sensationalism
(noun) (philosophy) the doctrine that knowledge derives from experience
Source: WordNet® 3.1
empiricism (countable and uncountable, plural empiricisms)
A pursuit of knowledge purely through experience, especially by means of observation and sometimes by experimentation.
(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.)
(medicine, dated) 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.
• (medical practice founded on experience): charlatanry, quackery
Source: Wiktionary
Em*pir"i*cism, n.
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. (Metaph.)
Definition: The philosophical theory which attributes the origin of all our knowledge to experience.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
16 November 2024
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