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[[File:Beliefs and knowledge and truths.png|right|thumbnail|400px|A Venn diagram picturing the traditional definition of knowledge as justified [[Truth|true]] [[belief]] (That is represented by the yellow circle). ]]
[[File:Beliefs and knowledge and truths.png|right|thumbnail|400px|A Venn diagram picturing the traditional definition of knowledge as justified [[Truth|true]] [[belief]] (That is represented by the yellow circle). ]]
'''Knowledge''' is the sum of what is known. There are said to be various kinds of knowledge: knowledge of matters of contingent fact ([[empiricism|empirical knowledge]]), knowledge of necessary [[truth]]s ([[a prior]] knowledge), and knowledge of matters of [[god]]s and [[religion]]s ([[Revelation (religion)|Divine revelation]]). This can mean that what constitutes 'knowledge', despite the concept involving incontrovertibility, is in fact contested around the world, between religions, among historians, scientists etc.
'''Knowledge''' is the sum of what is known. There are said to be various kinds of knowledge: knowledge of matters of contingent fact ([[empiricism|empirical knowledge]]), knowledge of necessary [[truth]]s ([[a priori]] knowledge), and knowledge of matters of [[god]]s and [[religion]]s ([[Revelation (religion)|Divine revelation]]). This can mean that what constitutes 'knowledge', despite the concept involving incontrovertibility, is in fact contested around the world, between religions, among historians, scientists etc.
Many believe that sharing of knowledge is the best way to increase knowledge. Others believe so firmly in one kind of knowledge that they fear learning. [[Encyclopedia]]s often contain a wealth of 'knowledge' unless they espouse only one single type of knowledge in which case they seem to become repositories of 'opinion'.
Many believe that sharing of knowledge is the best way to increase knowledge. Others believe so firmly in one kind of knowledge that they fear learning. [[Encyclopedia]]s often contain a wealth of 'knowledge' unless they espouse only one single type of knowledge in which case they seem to become repositories of 'opinion'.