empirical truth

noun

: exact conformity as learned by observation or experiment between judgments or propositions and externally existent things in their actual status and relations

called also actual truth, contingent truth

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“Empirical truth.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/empirical%20truth. Accessed 3 Dec. 2024.

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