non-empirical
Beyond sensory verification
Non-empirical describes knowledge or methods not based on observation or experiment.
Philosophy, mathematics, and logic proceed non-empirically—through reasoning rather than sensory evidence.
The existence of God is a non-empirical question.
Non-empirical claims can't be tested by gathering data; they're evaluated by other criteria like logical consistency or conceptual coherence.
Independent of experience
- axiomaticAccepted without question
- deductiveDeriving specifics from generals
- abstractCondensed version of text
- conceptualOf or relating to ideas
hypothetical · logical · philosophical · metaphysical · rational · reasoned · formal · systematic
Importance or price
- beliefTrust held as true
- opinionSubjective personal belief
- judgmentReasoned decision-making capacity
- ethicalConforming to moral principles
moral · aesthetic · evaluative · prescriptive · ought · should · rightness · goodness
Guess from limited facts
- suppositionBelief without proof
- assumptionUnverified belief accepted as true
- postulationAssuming something as given
- speculationUnproven theorizing or risky investment
abstraction · extrapolation · presumption · projection · counterfactual · imaginative · conjectural · armchair
Instinctive immediate understanding
- instinctInnate behavioral tendency
- hunchUnproven inner sense
- insightDeep perceptive understanding
- innateExisting since birth
introspection · self-evident · immediate · tacit · implicit · phenomenal · first-person · qualitative
a priori
Independent of experience
- axiomaticAccepted without question
- deductiveDeriving specifics from generals
- abstractCondensed version of text
conceptual · hypothetical · logical · philosophical · metaphysical · rational · reasoned · formal · systematic · analytical
value
Importance or price
ethical · moral · aesthetic · evaluative · prescriptive · ought · should · rightness · goodness · beauty
conjecture
Guess from limited facts
- suppositionBelief without proof
- assumptionUnverified belief accepted as true
- postulationAssuming something as given
speculation · abstraction · extrapolation · presumption · projection · counterfactual · imaginative · conjectural · armchair · untestable
intuition
Instinctive immediate understanding
innate · introspection · self-evident · immediate · tacit · implicit · phenomenal · first-person · qualitative
non-empiricalempirical
Based on observation, not theory
experiential · observational · evidence-based · data-driven · fact-based
non-empiricalexperimental
Testing new methods
empirical · data-driven · scientific · testable · inductive
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