Knowledge Structure and Functioning: Megalevel or Global Theory of Knowledge

Mark Burgin

Chapter 6 in Theory of Knowledge:Structures and Processes, 2016, pp 593-641 from World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd.

Abstract: In the context of global knowledge, that is, on the knowledge megalevel, there are two approaches to knowledge structuration:System structuration organizes knowledge in the form of interacting knowledge systems.Typological structuration groups knowledge with respect to different typesFor instance, scientific and mathematical knowledge are structured as systems of interacting theories. At the same time, typological structuration organizes knowledge systems according to their types. For instance, as it is done in Chapter 2, three basic types of knowledge are discerned: descriptive, representational, and operational knowledge. Each type forms a subsystem or component of an advanced scientific or mathematical theory.

Keywords: Knowledge; Information; Data; Cognition; Knowledge Acquisition; Epistemology; Knowledge Management; Artificial Intelligence; Logic; Reasoning; Knowledge Base; Belief; Epistemic Structure; Theory; Semantic Network; Ontology; Logical Variety (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O30 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016
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