So I think one can say on empirical grounds — not because of some philosophical principle — that you can't have democracy unless you have a market economy. (religion-online.org)
The modern sciences of genetics and ecology have clearly provided empirical grounds for rejecting these traditional race concepts and for recognizing the fundamental role of education in the creation of human personality — especially in respect to qualities that are so manifestly reflections of cultural patterns. (religion-online.org)
«Aristotle accepted the spherical shape of the Earth on empirical grounds around 330 BC, and knowledge of the spherical Earth gradually began to spread beyond the Hellenistic world from then on.» (religion.blogs.cnn.com)