経けい験けん科か学がく

noun

empirical science

Refers to sciences based on observation and experiment, as opposed to purely theoretical or a priori disciplines. Common in academic and philosophical contexts.

• 物ぶつ理り学がくや化か学がくは経けい験けん科か学がくに分ぶん類るいされる。

  Physics and chemistry are classified as empirical sciences.

• 経けい験けん科か学がくでは、実じっ験けんデータが理り論ろんの基き盤ばんとなる。

  In empirical science, experimental data forms the basis of theories.