empirically

• “A key prediction of Williamson's theory, which has also been supported empirically, is therefore that the propensity of economic agents to conduct their transactions inside the boundaries of a firm increases along with the relationship-specific features of their assets.”

  The Prize in Economics 2009 - Press Release

• “When we have the technology to measure pain empirically (FMRI maybe?), we can revisit our definitions.”

  Matthew Yglesias » Marc Thiessen: Obama is Too Good at Killing Terrorists

• “All IDers agree that the question of whether we can infer design empirically is interesting.”

  Bunny and a Book

• “What can generally be observed empirically is typically a form of irreducible complexity where if a part is taken away then a lack of function results.”

  Assessing Causality

• “When discussing limitations of nature (i.e. natural processes would not do X, e.g. convert copper into gold by chemical processes), the common and basic way to test this empirically is to look for exceptional cases that would contradict that hypothesis.”

  Bits and Pieces of an RNA World

• “We have also INCREASED revenues to the US Treasury … again empirically measured.”

  Think Progress » The Attack Dog Presidency

• ““We have also INCREASED revenues to the US Treasury †¦ again empirically measured.””

  Think Progress » The Attack Dog Presidency

• “Linguistics regarding philosophy's origination in empirically definable "facts of language.”

  Double-Take. Reading De Man and Derrida Writing on Tropes.

• “He sometimes seemed to think that he could reconcile the two commitments empirically, that is, by noting that when people act to promote the good they are helping themselves, too.”

  The History of Utilitarianism

• “For example, expertise is valued highly, so that sources of personal power in bases of expert power and referent power are likely to be correlated empirically, that is, lodged in the same people.”

  Simon & Schuster: The Bass Handbook of Leadership

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