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Curiosity

Epistemic curiosity is described as the individual's desire to know novel knowledge that shrinks the discrepancy (knowledge-gap) of the need to know between known and desired information.

Experimentalism is the philosophical belief that the way to truth is through experiments and empiricism. It is also associated with instrumentalism, the belief that truth should be evaluated based upon its demonstrated usefulness. Experimentalism is considered a theory of knowledge that emphasizes direct action and scientific control as well as methods and consequences.

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