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Dogmatic :: Dogmatic (n.) One of an ancient sect of physicians who went by general principles; -- opposed to the Empiric.

Empirically :: Empirically (adv.) By experiment or experience; without science; in the manner of quacks.

Empiric :: Empiric (n.) One who confines himself to applying the results of mere experience or his own observation; especially, in medicine, one who deviates from the rules of science and regular practice; an ignorant and unlicensed pretender; a quack; a charlatan..

Transcendentalism :: Transcendentalism (n.) The transcending, or going beyond, empiricism, and ascertaining a priori the fundamental principles of human knowledge..

Empirical :: Empirical (a.) Pertaining to, or founded upon, experiment or experience; depending upon the observation of phenomena; versed in experiments..

Trancscendental :: Trancscendental (a.) In the Kantian system, of or pertaining to that which can be determined a priori in regard to the fundamental principles of all human knowledge. What is transcendental, therefore, transcends empiricism; but is does not transcend all human knowledge, or become transcendent. It simply signifies the a priori or necessary conditions of experience which, though affording the conditions of experience, transcend the sphere of that contingent knowledge which is acquired by experienc

Thomsonianism :: Thomsonianism (n.) An empirical system which assumes that the human body is composed of four elements, earth, air, fire, and water, and that vegetable medicines alone should be used; -- from the founder, Dr. Samuel Thomson, of Massachusetts..

Charlatanry :: Charlatanry (n.) Undue pretensions to skill; quackery; wheedling; empiricism.

Empiricism :: Empiricism (n.) 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..

Unempirically :: Unempirically (adv.) Not empirically; without experiment or experience.

A Posteriori :: A posteriori () Applied to knowledge which is based upon or derived from facts through induction or experiment; inductive or empirical.

Rationalism :: Rationalism (n.) The system that makes rational power the ultimate test of truth; -- opposed to sensualism, or sensationalism, and empiricism..

Empiristic :: Empiristic (a.) Relating to, or resulting from, experience, or experiment; following from empirical methods or data; -- opposed to nativistic..

Empiricism :: Empiricism (n.) The method or practice of an empiric; pursuit of knowledge by observation and experiment.

Charlatan :: Charlatan (n.) One who prates much in his own favor, and makes unwarrantable pretensions; a quack; an impostor; an empiric; a mountebank..

Mechanical :: Mechanical (a.) Obtained by trial, by measurements, etc.; approximate; empirical. See the 2d Note under Geometric..

Metempiricism :: Metempiricism (n.) The science that is concerned with metempirics.

Empiric :: Empiric (n.) One who follows an empirical method; one who relies upon practical experience.

Metempiric :: Metempiric (a.) Alt. of Metempirica.

Quack :: Quack (n.) A boastful pretender to medical skill; an empiric; an ignorant practitioner.

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