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What is Knowledge?
There is no universally accepted definition for knowledge despite the efforts of numerous epistemologists, from Plato (whose “justified true belief” continues to be one of the more accepted definitions of knowledge) to Rene Descartes (Continental Rationalism), John Locke (British Empiricism), Transcendental idealism (Immanuel Kant), Existentialism (Jean-Paul Sartre) and Pragmatism (William James and John Dewey).
From a Knowledge Management perspective, one does not need to understand the concept of knowledge in the fullest or purest sense. All what is required is to have some practical understanding of the concept of knowledge, which may be summarized as follows:
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There is a distinction between data (a set of objective facts about events), information (data endowed with relevance and purpose) and knowledge (capacity for effective action).
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There are two modes of knowledge: tacit knowledge (knowledge that is personal, practical, highly context-specific, and difficult to articulate), and explicit knowledge (knowledge that is codified, structured, rational, objective, and easy to transmit).
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Knowledge has several attributes (usability, applicability, perishability, etc).
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Understanding Knowledge Management |
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