Pertaining to, or founded upon, experiment or experience; depending upon the observation of phenomena; versed in experiments
derived from experiment and observation rather than theory; "an empirical basis for an ethical theory"; "empirical laws"; "empirical data"; "an empirical treatment of a disease about which little is known"
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
{s} learned through observation, capable of being verified or disproved through experiments and experience
Depending upon experience or observation alone, without due regard to science and theory; said especially of medical practice, remedies, etc