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The term "experimental" is used in literature to denote both the rigorous procedures of systematic investigation and a broader, sometimes metaphorical, approach to exploring new ideas. In scientific and academic texts, “experimental” explicitly refers to controlled testing and measurement, as seen in discussions of scurvy research and laboratory methods [1, 2, 3, 4]. In contrast, in more philosophical and literary works the word often conveys an open-ended, exploratory attitude toward understanding human experience and moral convictions—illustrated by its use in contexts that challenge traditional reasoning or suggest a novel way of perceiving loss and gain [5, 6, 7, 8, 9]. Authors like John Dewey and Bertrand Russell adopt the term to describe an ever-evolving process where theoretical assumptions are continuously subjected to practical trials [10, 11, 12]. Thus, across diverse genres, “experimental” encapsulates a dynamic interplay between established knowledge and innovative inquiry.
  1. Baumann, L. , and Howard, C. P. : (2) Mineral Metabolism of Experimental Scurvy of the Guinea-pig, Am.
    — from Scurvy, Past and Present by Alfred F. Hess
  2. Holst, H. , and Froelich, T. : (1) Experimental Studies Relating to Ship Beriberi and Scurvy, Jour. of Hyg., 1907, VII, 634.
    — from Scurvy, Past and Present by Alfred F. Hess
  3. There is almost no experimental data on the antiscorbutic value of eggs .
    — from Scurvy, Past and Present by Alfred F. Hess
  4. Experimental determination of the co-efficients of elasticity.
    — from The Declaration of Independence of the United States of America by Thomas Jefferson
  5. His departure gave Catherine the first experimental conviction that a loss may be sometimes a gain.
    — from Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen
  6. Woman should discover, so to speak, an experimental morality, man should reduce it to a system.
    — from Emile by Jean-Jacques Rousseau
  7. All invention is tentative, all art experimental, and to be sought, like salvation, with fear and trembling.
    — from The Life of Reason: The Phases of Human Progress by George Santayana
  8. Use, in these experimental minds, as in nature, is only incidental.
    — from The Life of Reason: The Phases of Human Progress by George Santayana
  9. That magic and mythology have no experimental sanction is clear so soon as experience begins to be gathered together with any care.
    — from The Life of Reason: The Phases of Human Progress by George Santayana
  10. The aim, in short, is experimental, and hence constantly growing as it is tested in action.
    — from Democracy and Education: An Introduction to the Philosophy of Education by John Dewey
  11. The empirical method says, " Wait till there is a sufficient number of cases;" the experimental method says, " Produce the cases."
    — from How We Think by John Dewey
  12. * Dewey, "Essays in Experimental Logic," pp.
    — from The Analysis of Mind by Bertrand Russell

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