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Experientialism vs Phenomenology - What's the difference?

experientialism | phenomenology |

In philosophy terms the difference between experientialism and phenomenology

is that experientialism is the theory that experience is the source of knowledge while phenomenology is a movement based on this, originated about 1905 by Edmund Husserl.

experientialism

English

Noun

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

    • phenomenology

    English

    (wikipedia phenomenology)

    Alternative forms

    * (obsolete)

    Noun

  • (philosophy) A philosophy based on the intuitive experience of phenomena, and on the premise that reality consists of objects and events as consciously perceived by conscious beings.
  • (philosophy) A movement based on this, originated about 1905 by .

    • Derived terms

    * heterophenomenology * phenomenological * phenomenologically * phenomenological reduction * phenomenologist * postphenomenology * postphenomenological English words suffixed with -ology