empirical fact
collocation in Englishmeaningsofempiricalandfact
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empirical
adjective
uk/ɪmˈpɪr.ɪ.kəl/us/emˈpɪr.ɪ.kəl/
based on what is experienced or seen rather than ...
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fact
noun[C or U]
uk/fækt/us/fækt/
something that is known to have happened or to exist, especially something for which proof exists, or about which there ...
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(Definition ofempiricalandfactfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofempirical fact
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It is anempiricalfactthat a person may continue to pursue bad habits even after experiencing their painful consequences.
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The relevant objection to this assertion is that we are not concerned withempiricalfact, but rather with the normative realm.
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No, it would be a contingentempiricalfactabout human beings that bachelors are unhappy.
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Imagine that it is anempiricalfactthat male human beings cannot be happy unless married.
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Although this is a much more defensible claim than the one for comprehension, it is not supported byempiricalfact.
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In the predicated stance, trust is viewed as an antecedent,empiricalfact.
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This is theempiricalfactthat many individuals both gamble and buy insurance.
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I assume this is anempiricalfactabout the actual causal relations between mental processes and brains.
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Having established licensing movement as anempiricalfact, he then seeks to develop it into an analysis of restructuring from a biclausal base.
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It is anempiricalfactthat standard collection classes arise by imposing equations on trees.
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There is anotherempiricalfactthat could be called upon as evidence, and this fact seems to favor the rule analysis over the construction analysis.
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It follows that a legal argument can never be refuted by a moral principle nor yet by anyempiricalfact.
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The existence of eggshell victims is anempiricalfactthat is already factored into the calculus of the liability lottery.
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James does not propose any questions ofempiricalfactfor consideration here.
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This centralempiricalfacthas produced a schizophrenia in institutional economics, reflected in the divide between the 'old' and the 'new'.
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That is anempiricalfactand one which can be proven.
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Now we agree on theempiricalfactand simply disagree about the policy choice.
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However, it is anempiricalfactthat microscopic particles of the same species have completely equivalent physical properties.
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