experimentalism
English
Etymology
experimental + -ism
Noun
experimentalism (usually uncountable, plural experimentalisms)
- An experimental practice or tendency, especially in the arts
- 2007 June 13, Allan Kozinn, “Beethoven’s Adventures: A Narrative and Context”, in New York Times[1]:
- By playing up the lushness of Webern’s “Langsamer Satz” and the experimentalism of Beethoven’s “Serioso” Quartet, for example, they created the impression that Beethoven was the more adventurous composer.
- (philosophy) An empirical or pragmatic approach which emphasizes the importance of experimentation
- 2007 August 8, S. Matthew Liao, “A defense of intuitions”, in Philosophical Studies, volume 140, number 2, :
- Finally, I argued that moderate experimentalism and IAE can help resolve these different kinds of conflicts.