Empiricism vs. Dualism — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Empiricism and Dualism
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Empiricism
In philosophy, empiricism is a theory that states that knowledge comes only or primarily from sensory experience. It is one of several views of epistemology, along with rationalism and skepticism.
Dualism
The condition of being double; duality.
Empiricism
The view that experience, especially of the senses, is the only source of knowledge.
Dualism
(Philosophy) The view that the world consists of or is explicable as two fundamental entities, such as mind and matter.
Empiricism
Employment of empirical methods, as in science.
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Dualism
(Psychology) The view that mental and physical properties are fundamentally different and that neither can be explained fully in terms of the other.
Empiricism
An empirical conclusion.
Dualism
The concept that the world is ruled by the antagonistic forces of good and evil.
Empiricism
The practice of medicine that disregards scientific theory and relies solely on practical experience.
Dualism
The concept that humans have two basic natures, the physical and the spiritual.
Empiricism
Medicine as practised by an empiric, founded on mere experience, without the aid of science or a knowledge of principles; folk medicine, quackery.
Dualism
Duality; the condition of being double.
Empiricism
(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.)
Dualism
(philosophy) The view that the world consists of, or is explicable in terms of, two fundamental principles, such as mind and matter or good and evil.
Empiricism
A pursuit of knowledge purely through experience, especially by means of observation and sometimes by experimentation.
Dualism
(theology) The belief that the world is ruled by a pair of antagonistic forces, such as good and evil; the belief that man has two basic natures, the physical and the spiritual.
Empiricism
Used to describe research based on methodology shaped from empirical philosophy (see above), e.g. surveys, statistics, etc.
Dualism
The theory, originated by Lavoisier and developed by Berzelius, that all definite compounds are binary in their nature, and consist of two distinct constituents, themselves simple or complex, and having opposite chemical or electrical affinities.
Empiricism
The method or practice of an empiric; pursuit of knowledge by observation and experiment.
Dualism
State of being dual or twofold; a twofold division; any system which is founded on a double principle, or a twofold distinction
An inevitable dualism bisects nature, so that each thing is a half, and suggests another thing to make it whole.
Empiricism
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.
Dualism
The doctrine that reality consists of two basic opposing elements, often taken to be mind and matter (or mind and body), or good and evil
Empiricism
The philosophical theory which attributes the origin of all our knowledge to experience.
Empiricism
(philosophy) the doctrine that knowledge derives from experience
Empiricism
The application of empirical methods in any art or science
Empiricism
Medical practice and advice based on observation and experience in ignorance of scientific findings
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