Experimentalist vs Experimentalism - What's the difference?
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One who performs experiments.
A person who values the results of experiments over theory.
A person who seeks or enjoys new experiences.
An experimental practice or tendency, especially in the arts
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, passage=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
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, passage=Finally, I argued that moderate experimentalism and IAE can help resolve these different kinds of conflicts. }}
As nouns the difference between experimentalist and experimentalism
is that experimentalist is one who performs experiments while experimentalism is an experimental practice or tendency, especially in the arts.experimentalist
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