speculativism
English
editEtymology
editspeculative + -ism
Noun
editspeculativism (uncountable)
- An approach based on speculation rather than any formal method.
- 2011, Jan Mulder, Foundations of Axiomatic Linguistics, page 9:
- At any rate, from the point of view of proper science, it marks an important step back, a step towards increased speculativism, the method of the alchemists.