experimentalism

An experimental practice or tendency, especially in the arts

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.

An empirical or pragmatic approach which emphasizes the importance of experimentation

Finally, I argued that moderate experimentalism and IAE can help resolve these different kinds of conflicts.