experientialism
- noun
- /ɪkˌspɪəriˈɛnʃəlɪzəm/
- Formal
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experiencialismo
- Many educators advocate for experientialism, believing that hands-on activities are more effective for teaching concepts than traditional lectures.
Examples
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The philosophy of experientialism suggests that understanding the world requires immersing oneself in real-life situations rather than relying solely on theoretical knowledge.
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This is what I would call experientialism: short-lived immediacies and satisfactions driving a worldview, and this is what I mean when I critique the idea that we live in an experience-driven culture.
Academic text (2000) -
Experientialism emphasizes that knowledge comes from experientialism, allowing individuals to learn and grow through personal encounters.
Synonyms
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A view that we learn mainly from experience, observation, and experiments
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The idea that real knowledge comes only from what we can see or test
A view that knowledge comes mostly from what we learn through our senses
A judgment based on facts and experience rather than theory
The idea that only what we can sense exists
How Experience-Based
Surface Forms
Morphology
experientialism = experiential (transparent) = experience + ial + ism
The formation is a standard adjective-to-noun derivation using '-ism' to denote a theory or doctrine based on the adjective 'experiential'.
Etymology
Experientialism comes from the word experience ('what you live through' or 'what you try') and the ending -ism ('a belief or way of doing things'). So in philosophy and learning it means the idea that people understand best by doing and living things, not just by reading or listening.