Outline of knowledge

Not to be confused with the Propædia volume of the Encyclopedia Britannica, part of which is titled Outline of Knowledge.

See also: Index of knowledge articles

The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide knowledge:

Knowledge – familiarity with someone or something, which can include facts, information, descriptions, and/or skills acquired through experience or education. It can refer to the theoretical or practical understanding of a subject. It can be implicit (as with practical skill or expertise) or explicit (as with the theoretical understanding of a subject); and it can be more or less formal or systematic.^[1]

Nature of knowledge

• A priori and a posteriori knowledge
• Descriptive knowledge
• Extelligence
• Experience
• Libre knowledge
• Metaknowledge (knowledge about knowledge)
• Procedural knowledge
• Self-knowledge
• Tacit knowledge

Management of knowledge

Knowledge acquisition

Methods for attaining knowledge include:

• Exploration
  • Space exploration
  • Revelation
  • Research
    • Scientific method
    • Experimentation

• Learning
  • Reading
  • Studying
  • Knowledge building
    • Knowledge building communities

• Rejection

Knowledge storage

Knowledge can be stored in:

• Books
• Knowledge bases
  • Wikipedia
• Knowledge representation (AI)
• Libraries
• Memory

Knowledge retrieval

Stored knowledge can be retrieved by:

• Knowledge retrieval
  • Knowledge discovery
• Knowledge transfer
• Reading
• Recollection

History of the knowledge of humankind

• Historiography (History of history)
• History of exploration
  • History of space exploration
• History of invention
• History of philosophy
• History of science

Politics of knowledge

• Access to Knowledge movement
• Berlin Declaration on Open Access to Knowledge in the Sciences and Humanities
• The fifth freedom: free movement of knowledge
• New encyclopedism
• Open access

Knowledge of humankind

• Humanities
  • Classics
  • History
    • Language
  • Literature
  • Performing arts
    • Dance
    • Music
    • Theatre
  • Philosophy
  • Religion
  • Visual arts
    • Media type
    • Painting

• Science
  • Natural Sciences
    • Astronomy
    • Biology
    • Chemistry
    • Earth Sciences
    • Physics
  • Social Sciences
    • Anthropology
    • Economics
    • Education
    • Geography
    • Health
    • Law
      • Jurisprudence
    • Linguistics
    • Political science
    • Psychology
    • Sociology
    • Trade

Publications

• A Guide For The Perplexed – critique of materialist scientism and an exploration of the nature and organization of knowledge. By E. F. Schumacher.
• Propædia – first of three parts of the 15th edition of Encyclopædia Britannica, presenting its Outline of Knowledge.

See also

• Belief
• Information
• Truth
• Wisdom

References

1. ^ http://oxforddictionaries.com/view/entry/m_en_us1261368#m_en_us1261368

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