doctrine or practice of relying on experimentation; empiricism.

What does experimentalism mean?

: reliance on or advocacy of experimental or empirical principles and procedures specifically : instrumentalism.

Is pragmatism the same as experimentalism?

Pragmatists tenaciously hold the view that activity or experiment is done first and then on the basis of results, principles or ideas are derived. Pragmatism is also known as experimentalism or consequentialism. It is called experimentalism because pragmatists believe experiment constitutes the only criterion of truth.