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non-empirical adjective (alsononempirical)uk /ˌnɒn.ɪmˈpɪr.ɪ.kəl/ us /ˌnɑːn.emˈpɪr.ɪ.kəl/ based on theory rather than on what is experienced or seen: 非经验的 She believed that sociology was a non-empirical field which must study social action using purely subjective means.她认为社会学是一个非实证领域,必须以纯主观的方式研究社会行为。 Their methodology was criticized as being non-empirical. The new system is meant to offer a clean break from the highly theoretical, nonempirical diagnostic practices of the past. Scholars' preference for empirical or non-empirical methods of research depends on their beliefs regarding the nature of knowledge. The experiment is supposed to be a non-empirical, intuitive enquiry into how different people respond. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases Ideas, concepts and theories abstract abstraction accepted wisdom afterthought anthropocentrism Darwinism Darwinist determinist Dianetics meat motif musings natalism non-dogmatic sacred cow social Darwinism straw man supersensible tenet the domino theory |