Term: positivism: the form of empiricism that bases all knowledge on perceptual experience (not on intuition or revelation)
Broader: empiricism: (philosophy) the doctrine that knowledge derives from experience | Unrelated: raoulia: genus of low-growing mat-forming New Zealand plants; in some classifications includes species placed in genus Haastia
Broader: empiricism: (philosophy) the doctrine that knowledge derives from experience | Unrelated: moor: one of the Muslim people of north Africa; of mixed Arab and Berber descent; converted to Islam in the 8th century; conqueror of Spain in the 8th century
Broader: empiricism: (philosophy) the doctrine that knowledge derives from experience | Unrelated: creature: a human being; `wight' is an archaic term
Broader: empiricism: (philosophy) the doctrine that knowledge derives from experience | Unrelated: drum major: the leader of a marching band or drum corps
Broader: empiricism: (philosophy) the doctrine that knowledge derives from experience | Unrelated: major: a commissioned military officer in the United States Army or Air Force or Marines; below lieutenant colonel and above captain
Broader: empiricism: (philosophy) the doctrine that knowledge derives from experience | Unrelated: myriameter: a metric unit of length equal to 10,000 meters
Broader: empiricism: (philosophy) the doctrine that knowledge derives from experience | Unrelated: arterial plaque: a fatty deposit inside an arterial wall; characteristic of atherosclerosis
Broader: empiricism: (philosophy) the doctrine that knowledge derives from experience | Unrelated: cup final: the final match of any cup competition (such as the annual final of the English soccer competition at Wembley)
Broader: empiricism: (philosophy) the doctrine that knowledge derives from experience | Unrelated: viewgraph: a transparency for use with an overhead projector
Broader: empiricism: (philosophy) the doctrine that knowledge derives from experience | Unrelated: constantinople: the fifth ecumenical council in 553 which held Origen's writings to be heretic