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Knowledge is a familiarity, awareness, or understanding of someone or something, which might include facts (propositional/descriptive knowledge <ref name="ref1">Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Descriptive Knowledge </ref>.), skills (procedural knowledge), or objects (acquaintance knowledge) <ref name="ref2">Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knowledge </ref>.
Knowledge is a familiarity, awareness, or understanding of someone or something, which might include facts (propositional/descriptive_knowledge <ref name="ref1">Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Descriptive Knowledge </ref>.), skills (procedural knowledge), or objects (acquaintance knowledge) <ref name="ref2">Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knowledge </ref>.


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Revision as of 15:11, 6 December 2022

Definition

Knowledge is a familiarity, awareness, or understanding of someone or something, which might include facts (propositional/descriptive_knowledge [1].), skills (procedural knowledge), or objects (acquaintance knowledge) [2].

Note

There are many definitions of knowledge. This definition is chosen because of its broad scope, its wide applicability, and elegance.

Domain

Thinking about the concept of knowledge belongs to the field of epistomology.

Characteristics

Characteristics of knowledge that can be distinguished are:

- Clarity

- Completeness

- Accuracy

- Timeliness

- Accesibility

- Relevance

- Consistency

- Value

- Structure

- Status

- Version

References