Difference between revisions of "Knowledge"
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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'. | ||
| − | Knowledge is opposed to mere [[subjective opinion]], or the body of facts, truths, or principles accumulated in the course of time. | + | Knowledge is opposed to mere [[subjective]] [[opinion]], or the body of facts, truths, or principles accumulated in the course of time. |
Philosophers take up the question of knowledge in [[Epistemology]] and [[Methodology]]. | Philosophers take up the question of knowledge in [[Epistemology]] and [[Methodology]]. | ||
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Knowledge is the sum of what is known. There are said to be various kinds of knowledge: knowledge of matters of contingent fact (empirical knowledge), knowledge of necessary truths (a priori knowledge), and knowledge of matters of gods and religions (divine knowledge). 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. Encyclopedias 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'.
Knowledge is opposed to mere subjective opinion, or the body of facts, truths, or principles accumulated in the course of time.
Philosophers take up the question of knowledge in Epistemology and Methodology.
C.S. Lewis said, "All our knowledge of the universe beyond our immediate experiences depends on inferences from these experiences." [1]
General erudition or Polymath deals with knowledge of many things.