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Experientialism

Ex-peˊri-en′tial-ism

(ĕks-pēˊrĭ-ĕn′shal-ĭz’m)
,
Noun.
(Philos.)
The doctrine that experience, either that of ourselves or of others, is the test or criterion of general knowledge; – opposed to
intuitionalism
.
Experientialism
is in short, a philosophical or logical theory, not a psychological one.
G. C. Robertson.

Definition 2024


experientialism

experientialism

English

Noun

experientialism (uncountable)

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