Definitions

Empiric: One who makes trials and experiments: one whose knowledge is got from experience...

Empiricism: The system which, rejecting all a priori knowledge, rests solely on experience and induction.

Chambers Twentieth Century Dictionary. (Chambers 1972)

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Empiricism: Basically says that all knowledge begins with the senses (can be defined as "going and seeing").

Rationalism: Basically says that all knowledge begins with the mind (begins with thinking).