Methodist
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Methodist is a noun meaning One who follows a method.
Meaning
One who follows a method.
More Meanings
- (history of science) One who limits the domain of science to that which can be investigated using the scientific method.
Example Sentences
The story about Popper's actual epistemological commitments is at odds with the expectations for the father of the natural scientific method, the one revered by those who swear by their datasets as well as reviled as a banal "methodist" in the well-known essay by political theorist Sheldon Wolin:
Word Forms
- methodists
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