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empirical | apriori |

As an adjective empirical

is pertaining to or based on experience.

As an adverb apriori is

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empirical

English

Adjective

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  • Pertaining to or based on experience.
  • * H. Spencer
  • The village carpenter lays out his work by empirical rules learnt in his apprenticeship.
  • Pertaining to, derived from, or testable by observations made using the physical senses or using instruments which extend the senses.
  • (philosophy of science) Verifiable by means of scientific experimentation.
  • Synonyms

    * empiric

    Antonyms

    * nonempirical

    Coordinate terms

    * conceptual * theoretical * anecdotal

    Derived terms

    * empirically

    See also

    * anecdotal evidence * trial and error

    apriori

    English

    Adverb

    (-)
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  • * {{quote-journal, 2008, date=January 30, Lisa Warenski, Naturalism, fallibilism, and the a priori, Philosophical Studies, url=, doi=10.1007/s11098-007-9194-9, volume=142, issue=3, pages=
  • , passage=In other words, one can be fallibilist about both claims that are said to be apriori warranted and the a priori warrants for the claims. }}