Methodist

Definitions

1. One who follows a method.
2. A member of the Methodist Church; a Wesleyan.
3. One who limits the domain of science to that which can be investigated using the scientific method.

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Examples

“The question⟳, which visibly moved Clinton, delves into an area of the candidate’s life that is deeply personal but rarely discussed. Clinton’s friends and confidants describe⟳ the former first lady as a devout Methodist whose faith guides much of what she does.”

“After years of debate⟳, hundreds of United Methodists from all over the world gathered in St. Louis last⟳ week to settle⟳ the denomination’s stance on LGBT clergy and same-sex weddings.”

“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:”

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