Experiential knowledgeFacts, information, and skills acquired through experience or education; the theoretical or practical understanding of a subject. is knowledge gained through experience, as opposed to a priori knowledge. It can also be contrasted both with propositional knowledge and with practical knowledgePractical knowledge may be defined tentatively as the form of knowledge involved in exercising a skill. It is the 'knowing how'..
A typical feature of experiential knowledge is defined as 'truth learned from personal experience with a phenomenon rather than truth acquired by discursive reasoning, observation, or reflection on information provided by others' (1976, p. 446)