a. Derived from, or pertaining to, experience. Coleridge. [ 1913 Webster ]
It is called empirical or experiential . . . because it is given to us by experience or observation, and not obtained as the result of inference or reasoning. Sir. W. Hamilton.
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n. (Philos.) The doctrine that experience, either that of ourselves or of others, is the test or criterion of general knowledge; -- opposed to
Experientialism is in short, a philosophical or logical theory, not a psychological one. G. C. Robertson. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. One who accepts the doctrine of experientialism. Also used adjectively. [ 1913 Webster ]