{ } a. 1. Pertaining to, or founded upon, experiment or experience; depending upon the observation of phenomena; versed in experiments. [ 1913 Webster ]
In philosophical language, the term empirical means simply what belongs to or is the product of experience or observation. Sir W. Hamilton. [ 1913 Webster ]
The village carpenter . . . lays out his work by empirical rules learnt in his apprenticeship. H. Spencer. [ 1913 Webster ]
2. Depending upon experience or observation alone, without due regard to science and theory; -- said especially of medical practice, remedies, etc.; wanting in science and deep insight; as, empiric skill, remedies. [ 1913 Webster ]
{ } a. [ Pref. met- + empiric, -ical. ] (Metaph.) Related, or belonging, to the objects of knowledge within the province of metempirics. [ 1913 Webster ]
If then the empirical designates the province we include within the range of science, the province we exclude may be fitly styled the metempirical. G. H. Lewes. [ 1913 Webster ]
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