In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
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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