EXPERIENTIALISM

Etymology

Noun

experientialism (uncountable)

(philosophy) The theory that experience is the source of knowledge.

Source: Wiktionary


Ex*pe`ri*en"tial*ism, n. (Philos.)

Definition: The doctrine that experience, either that ourselves or of others, is the test or criterion of general knowledge; -- opposed to intuitionists. Experientialism is in short, a philosophical or logical theory, not a philosophical one. G. C. Robertson.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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THEORETICAL

(adjective) concerned primarily with theories or hypotheses rather than practical considerations; “theoretical science”


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