Box 1.2 Definitions of Knowledge
Organized body of information. The acquaintance with facts, truths
or principles as from study or investigation or the familiarity with a
partaker subject, branch of learning, etc. -
The sum of the information and experience the teacher has acquired or
learned and is able to recall or use. -
Information evaluated and organized in the human mind so that it can
be used purposefully. -
The final goal of the understanding in combining intuitions and
concepts. If they are pure, the knowledge will be transcendental; if they
are impure, the knowledge will be empirical. -
Knowledge is information associated with rules which allow inferences
to be drawn automatically so that the information can be employed for
useful purposes. -
Familiarity, awareness, or understanding gained through experience
or study. The sum or range of what has been perceived, discovered, or
learned. -
The information context; understanding the significance of information. -
Justified belief that increases an entity’s capacity for effective action
(Nonaka); the highest degree of the speculative faculties, which consists
in the perception of the truth of affirmative or negative propositions
(Locke).-