empiricist

[em-peer-uhs-ist]

noun

1. Philosophy.,  a person who adheres to empiricism.

2. a person who uses empirical methods or practices.

adjective

1. Philosophy.,  advocating, characteristic of, or adhering to empiricism.

Example Sentences

One could say they are very empiricist in this: They conclude that bedrock facts are denied by policy makers and intellectual elites.

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Despite abundant evidence, contemporary empiricists—folks who follow in the tradition of Locke and Mill and believe that all mathematical knowledge is acquired through experience—remain skeptical about the existence of the number sense.

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Eckersberg was an empiricist who favored natural light and close observation.

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But I’m an empiricist, and models have an annoying tendency to reflect the beliefs of the modelers.

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He's a pragmatist, he's an empiricist, and so he doesn't believe that he's really being visited by demon.

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