How Does George Orwell adress the topic of The Empirical Habit of Thought?

The term "empirical" was originally used to refer to
certain ancient Greek practitioners of medicine (Empiric school) who rejected adherence
to the dogmatic doctrines of the day (Dogmatic school), preferring instead to rely on
the observation of phenomena as perceived in experience Nineteen Eighty-Four (sometimes
written 1984) is a 1948 dystopian novel written by George Orwell, about an oligarchical,
collectivist society. Life in the Oceanian province of Airstrip One is a world of
perpetual war, pervasive government surveillance, and incessant public mind control. The
individual is always subordinated to the state, and it is in part this philosophy which
allows the Party to manipulate and control humanity. In Chapter IX of the book , Orwell
describes the empirical method of thought, on which all the scientific achievements of
the past were founded, is opposed to the most fundamental principles of Ingsoc: “ There
was truth and there was untruth, and if you clung to the truth even against the whole
world, you were not mad.”The face of Big Brother faded away again and instead the three
slogans of the Party stood out in bold capitals: WAR IS PEACE FREEDOM IS SLAVERY
IGNORANCE IS STRENGTH Emmanuel Goldstein's book, The Theory and Practice of Oligarchical
Collectivism explains that the super-states' ideologies are alike and that the public's
ignorance of this fact is imperative so that they might continue believing in the
detestability of the opposing ideologies. Positive nationalism: Oceanians' perpetual
love for Big Brother, who may be long dead or even non-existent from the beginning;
Celtic Nationalism, Neo-Toryism and British Israelism are (as Orwell argues) defined by
love. Negative nationalism: Oceanians' perpetual hatred for Emmanuel Goldstein, who like
Big Brother may or may not exist; Stalinism, Anti-Semitism and Anglophobia are defined
by hatred. Transferred nationalism: In mid-sentence an orator changes the enemy of
Oceania; the crowd instantly transfers their hatred to the new enemy. Transferred
nationalism swiftly redirects emotions from one power unit to another
.