empirical reality
collocation in Englishmeaningsofempiricalandreality
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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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reality
noun
uk/riˈæl.ə.ti/us/riˈæl.ə.t̬i/
the state of things as they are, rather than as they are imagined ...
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But it would be wrong to suggest that these economists, or economists in general, begin with someempiricalrealityfrom which they abstract their models.
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All the same, obstruction is anempiricalreality.
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Inferiority of food is anempiricalrealitywe cannot ignore.
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This method yielded predictions that fitempiricalrealityquite well.
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Where generalisations are made, we can be confident that they are based on a thorough grasp ofempiricalreality.
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These studies go on to indicate that this "empiricalreality" is a biological, age-related factor.
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Empiricalrealitywas, of course, more complex than the analytical three-tiered hierarchy might imply.
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The model was implemented in simulation software and its predictions compared favourably withempiricalrealitygiven several input situations.
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This is not inherent in the nature of presidential systems but is anempiricalreality.
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Thus, when we speak of family, we are referring to layers of meaning, not to a singleempiricalreality.
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Apart from documenting an emergingempiricalreality, this inquiry is important for at least two theoretical reasons.
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In other words, maximally general analyses are fictional in a second sense, in that they do not representempiricalreality.
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The portrayal of functional health status was close toempiricalrealityfor people aged 60 -70 years, but positively biased for older characters.
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In a rationalist approach the role of ideas and actors is mainly one of rational interpretation ofempiricalreality.
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The first is a logical proposition that is intended to be empty ofempiricalreality; the second is a normative statement intimately connected with personal lived experiences.
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Because respect is so closely tied to our ver y understanding of the world and ourselves, we cannot ground respect in some "more basic" or "more real"empiricalreality.
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Moral accounts, unlike scientific accounts, are not constrained by the discipline of an externalempiricalrealitythat makes particular accounts cumbersome or more burdensome to support.
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Neurophysiology confirmed that the word denoted an authoritativeempiricalreality; everyday usage confirmed that the word denoted a commanding ethical or social principle.
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The fourth and final move is to stress that the concept describes anempiricalrealityto be studied, not the conceptual boundaries or predilections of a research community.
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