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Main Entry: in7tu7i7tion7ism
Pronunciation: "in-tu-'wi-sh&-"ni-z&m
Function: noun
Date: 1847
1 a : a doctrine that objects of perception are intuitively known to be real 
b : a doctrine that there are basic truths intuitively known
2 : a doctrine that right or wrong or fundamental principles about what is 
right and wrong can be intuited
3 : a philosophical thesis that human beings have a direct intuitive 
understanding of mathematics and that rejects the principle that every 
mathematical statement must be true or false


Main Entry: em7pir7i7cism
Pronunciation: im-'pir-&-"si-z&m, em-
Function: noun
Date: 1657
1 a : a former school of medical practice founded on experience without the 
aid of science or theory b : QUACKERY, CHARLATANRY
2 a : the practice of relying on observation and experiment especially in 
the natural sciences b : a tenet arrived at empirically
3 : a theory that all knowledge originates in experience


I'm going to have to take a few more b-hits before I can sort this out.

Jeff

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