Based on hypothesis and theory rather than experiment or empirical evidence.
Presumed without analysis.
Self-evident, intuitively obvious.
Developed entirely from scratch, without deriving it from existing languages.
In a way based on theoretical deduction rather than empirical observation.
Having the quality of being derived from, or consistent with, the scientific method.
Of, or having to do with science.
In accord with procedures, methods, conduct and accepted conventions of modern science.