Experience

Experience comprises knowledge of or skill of some thing or some event gained through involvement in or exposure to that thing or event. The history of the word experience aligns it closely with the Template:Wiki of experiment. For example, the word experience could be used in a statement like: "I have experience in fishing".

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The interrogation of experience has a long tradition in continental philosophy. Experience plays an important role in the philosophy of Template:Wiki. The German term Erfahrung, often translated into English as "experience", has a slightly different implication, connoting the coherency of life's experiences.

A person with considerable experience in a specific field can gain a reputation as an expert.

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