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n. familiarity, understanding; something that is known; wisdom; learning, education; awareness, cognizance | ||||
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Knowledge Definition from Computer & Internet Dictionaries & Glossaries
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knowledge
<artificial intelligence, information science> The objects, concepts and relationships that are assumed to exist in some area of interest. A collection of knowledge, represented using some knowledge representation language is known as a knowledge base and a program for extending and/or querying a knowledge base is a knowledge-based system.
Knowledge differs from data or information in that new knowledge may be created from existing knowledge using logical inference. If information is data plus meaning then knowledge is information plus processing.
A common form of knowledge, e.g. in a Prolog program, is a collection of facts and rules about some subject.
For example, a knowledge base about a family might contain the facts that John is David's son and Tom is John's son and the rule that the son of someone's son is their grandson. From this knowledge it could infer the new fact that Tom is David's grandson.
See also Knowledge Level.
(1994-10-19)
<artificial intelligence, information science> The objects, concepts and relationships that are assumed to exist in some area of interest. A collection of knowledge, represented using some knowledge representation language is known as a knowledge base and a program for extending and/or querying a knowledge base is a knowledge-based system.
Knowledge differs from data or information in that new knowledge may be created from existing knowledge using logical inference. If information is data plus meaning then knowledge is information plus processing.
A common form of knowledge, e.g. in a Prolog program, is a collection of facts and rules about some subject.
For example, a knowledge base about a family might contain the facts that John is David's son and Tom is John's son and the rule that the son of someone's son is their grandson. From this knowledge it could infer the new fact that Tom is David's grandson.
See also Knowledge Level.
(1994-10-19)
Knowledge Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) |
Knowledge
(v. t.)
To acknowledge.
(v. i.)
The act or state of knowing; clear perception of fact, truth, or duty; certain apprehension; familiar cognizance; cognition.
(v. i.)
That which is or may be known; the object of an act of knowing; a cognition; -- chiefly used in the plural.
(v. i.)
That which is gained and preserved by knowing; instruction; acquaintance; enlightenment; learning; scholarship; erudition.
(v. i.)
That familiarity which is gained by actual experience; practical skill; as, a knowledge of life.
(v. i.)
Sexual intercourse; -- usually preceded by carnal; as, carnal knowledge.
(v. i.)
Scope of information; cognizance; notice; as, it has not come to my knowledge.
(v. t.)
To acknowledge.
(v. i.)
The act or state of knowing; clear perception of fact, truth, or duty; certain apprehension; familiar cognizance; cognition.
(v. i.)
That which is or may be known; the object of an act of knowing; a cognition; -- chiefly used in the plural.
(v. i.)
That which is gained and preserved by knowing; instruction; acquaintance; enlightenment; learning; scholarship; erudition.
(v. i.)
That familiarity which is gained by actual experience; practical skill; as, a knowledge of life.
(v. i.)
Sexual intercourse; -- usually preceded by carnal; as, carnal knowledge.
(v. i.)
Scope of information; cognizance; notice; as, it has not come to my knowledge.
| WordNet 2.0 |
knowledge
Noun
1. the psychological result of perception and learning and reasoning
(synonym) cognition, noesis
(hypernym) psychological feature
(hyponym) mind, head, brain, psyche, nous
Noun
1. the psychological result of perception and learning and reasoning
(synonym) cognition, noesis
(hypernym) psychological feature
(hyponym) mind, head, brain, psyche, nous
| The Phrase Finder |
A little knowledge is a dangerous thing
Meaning
A small amount of knowledge can cause people to think they are more expert than they are and consequently make unwise choices.
Origin
A little learning is a dangerous thing; drink deep, or taste not the Pierian spring: there shallow draughts intoxicate the brain, and drinking largely sobers us again. Alexander Pope (1688-1744) - An Essay on Criticism .
Meaning
A small amount of knowledge can cause people to think they are more expert than they are and consequently make unwise choices.
Origin
A little learning is a dangerous thing; drink deep, or taste not the Pierian spring: there shallow draughts intoxicate the brain, and drinking largely sobers us again. Alexander Pope (1688-1744) - An Essay on Criticism .
| hEnglish - advanced version |
knowledge
knowledge
\knowl"edge\ (?), n. [oe. knowlage, knowlege, knowleche, knawleche. the last part is the icel. suffix -leikr, forming abstract nouns, orig. the same as icel. leikr game, play, sport, akin to as. lāc, goth. laiks dance. see know, and cf. lake, v. i., lark a frolic.]
1. the act or state of knowing; clear perception of fact, truth, or duty; certain apprehension; familiar cognizance; cognition. knowledge, which is the highest degree of the speculative faculties, consists in the perception of the truth of affirmative or negative propositions.
2. that which is or may be known; the object of an act of knowing; a cognition; -- chiefly used in the plural. there is a great difference in the delivery of the mathematics, which are the most abstracted of knowledges. knowledges is a term in frequent use by bacon, and, though now obsolete, should be revived, as without it we are compelled to borrow "cognitions" to express its import. w. hamilton. to use a word of bacon's, now unfortunately obsolete, we must determine the relative value of knowledges. spencer.
3. that which is gained and preserved by knowing; instruction; acquaintance; enlightenment; learning; scholarship; erudition. knowledge puffeth up, but charity edifieth. viii. 1. ignorance is the curse of god; - knowledge, the wing wherewith we fly to heaven.
4. that familiarity which is gained by actual experience; practical skill; as, a knowledge of life. shipmen that had knowledge of the sea. 27.
5. scope of information; cognizance; notice; as, it has not come to my knowledge. why have i found grace in thine eyes, that thou shouldst take knowledge of me? --ruth ii. 10.
6. sexual intercourse; -- usually preceded by carnal; as, carnal knowledge.
similar words(18)
knowledge sharing effort
background knowledge
traditional knowledge
royal society of london for improving natual knowledge
tree of the knowledge of good and evil
thirst for knowledge
knowledge base
unlawful carnal knowledge
tree of knowledge
knowledge management system
knowledge analysis and design system
knowledge level
carnal knowledge
knowledge domain
knowledge systems laboratory
knowledge representation
knowledge-based system
knowledge query and manipulation language
knowledge
\knowl"edge\ (?), n. [oe. knowlage, knowlege, knowleche, knawleche. the last part is the icel. suffix -leikr, forming abstract nouns, orig. the same as icel. leikr game, play, sport, akin to as. lāc, goth. laiks dance. see know, and cf. lake, v. i., lark a frolic.]
1. the act or state of knowing; clear perception of fact, truth, or duty; certain apprehension; familiar cognizance; cognition. knowledge, which is the highest degree of the speculative faculties, consists in the perception of the truth of affirmative or negative propositions.
2. that which is or may be known; the object of an act of knowing; a cognition; -- chiefly used in the plural. there is a great difference in the delivery of the mathematics, which are the most abstracted of knowledges. knowledges is a term in frequent use by bacon, and, though now obsolete, should be revived, as without it we are compelled to borrow "cognitions" to express its import. w. hamilton. to use a word of bacon's, now unfortunately obsolete, we must determine the relative value of knowledges. spencer.
3. that which is gained and preserved by knowing; instruction; acquaintance; enlightenment; learning; scholarship; erudition. knowledge puffeth up, but charity edifieth. viii. 1. ignorance is the curse of god; - knowledge, the wing wherewith we fly to heaven.
4. that familiarity which is gained by actual experience; practical skill; as, a knowledge of life. shipmen that had knowledge of the sea. 27.
5. scope of information; cognizance; notice; as, it has not come to my knowledge. why have i found grace in thine eyes, that thou shouldst take knowledge of me? --ruth ii. 10.
6. sexual intercourse; -- usually preceded by carnal; as, carnal knowledge.
similar words(18)
knowledge sharing effort
background knowledge
traditional knowledge
royal society of london for improving natual knowledge
tree of the knowledge of good and evil
thirst for knowledge
knowledge base
unlawful carnal knowledge
tree of knowledge
knowledge management system
knowledge analysis and design system
knowledge level
carnal knowledge
knowledge domain
knowledge systems laboratory
knowledge representation
knowledge-based system
knowledge query and manipulation language
| Concise English-Irish Dictionary v. 1.1 |
knowledge
eolas m.; fios m.; aithne (of persons) f.
occult knowledge: fios m.
intelligence: tuigsint f.
eolas m.; fios m.; aithne (of persons) f.
occult knowledge: fios m.
intelligence: tuigsint f.
| English Phonetics |
| JM Welsh <=> English Dictionary |
Adnabyddiaeth
Adnabyddiaeth = n. f. knowledge cognizance
Adnabyddiaeth = n. f. knowledge cognizance
Ffes
Ffes = n. subtilty; knowledge
Gwybod
Gwybod = n. knowledge, science, v. to know, to perceive
Gwybodaeth
Gwybodaeth = n. knowledge
Gwybyddiaeth
Gwybyddiaeth = n. consciousness, knowledge
Gwyddiant
Gwyddiant = science, knowledge
Sywydd
Sywydd = n. star knowledge
Knowledge Definition from Law Dictionaries & Glossaries
| The 'Lectric Law Library |
KNOWLEDGE
Information as to a matter or fact.
Many acts are perfectly innocent when the party performing them is not aware of certain circumstances attending them. For example, someone may pass a counterfeit note and be criminally guiltless if they did not know it was counterfeit. Or someone may receive stolen goods if they were not aware of the fact that they were stolen. In these types of cases it is the guilty knowledge, or scienter, which makes the crime.
This entry contains material from Bouvier's Legal Dictionary, a work published in the 1850's.
Information as to a matter or fact.
Many acts are perfectly innocent when the party performing them is not aware of certain circumstances attending them. For example, someone may pass a counterfeit note and be criminally guiltless if they did not know it was counterfeit. Or someone may receive stolen goods if they were not aware of the fact that they were stolen. In these types of cases it is the guilty knowledge, or scienter, which makes the crime.
This entry contains material from Bouvier's Legal Dictionary, a work published in the 1850's.
Knowledge Definition from Arts & Humanities Dictionaries & Glossaries
| Theological and Philosophical Biography and Dictionary |
Knowledge
See A posteriori knowledge ; A priori knowledge ; Epistemology ; Genetic theory of knowledge ; Skepticism ; Knowing (knowledge situation) ; Knowledge by description ; and Knowledge by acquaintance
See A posteriori knowledge ; A priori knowledge ; Epistemology ; Genetic theory of knowledge ; Skepticism ; Knowing (knowledge situation) ; Knowledge by description ; and Knowledge by acquaintance
| English-Latin Online Dictionary |
knowledge
gnaritas, conscientia, agnitio, scientia
gnaritas, conscientia, agnitio, scientia
teaching
eruditio
| Glossary of Kant's Technical Terms |
knowledge
the final goal of the understanding in combining intuitions and concepts. If they are pure, the knowledge will be transcendental; if they are impure, the knowledge will be empirical. In a looser sense, 'knowledge' also refers to that which arises out adopting any legitimate perspective.
the final goal of the understanding in combining intuitions and concepts. If they are pure, the knowledge will be transcendental; if they are impure, the knowledge will be empirical. In a looser sense, 'knowledge' also refers to that which arises out adopting any legitimate perspective.
| Dictionary of Philosophy of Mind |
knowledge
Justified true belief (until the introduction of the Gettier problem). See epistemology.
<Discussion> <References> P. Mandik
Justified true belief (until the introduction of the Gettier problem). See epistemology.
<Discussion> <References> P. Mandik
knowledge, tacit
Knowledge that enters into the production of behaviors and/or the constitution of mental states but is not ordinarily accessible to consciousness. See also cognize, knowledge, implicit memory, Background, rules. <Discussion> <References> Daniel Barbiero
| Kant Glossary |
KNOWLEDGE
[L:72] In the Logic Kant sharply distinguishes opinion, belief, and knowledge, which are the three "modes of holding-to-be-true", three kinds of judgment "through which something is presented [i.e., represented] as true". Knowledge is the strongest mode of judgment of truth and is apodeictic: "what I know, I hold to be apodeictically certain, i.e. to be universally and objectively certain", although Kant suggests that we can make this judgment about "a mere empirical truth". [L:78] This kind of knowledge--"or certainty"--is a judgment of truth by on "a cognitive ground that is both objectively and subjectively sufficient". There are two kinds of knowledge (certainty), empirical and rational. Rational certainty is mathematical (in which case it is intuitive certainty) or discursive; all rational certainty is apodeictic. By contrast, "empirical certainty" is not apodeictic (And thus not, strictly speaking, knowledge?) but assertoric. Kant comments, "we cannot have rational certainty of everything, but where we can have it, we must prefer it to the empirical". [A320/B377] In the Critique, Kant's first definition of knowledge--as "objective perception"--occurs early in the Dialectic. Kant gives this "definition" in the midst of an appeal not to use the term `idea' loosely, but to follow his terminology for the various kinds of representations; the passage rather confusingly invokes many earlier distinctions. Kant writes: "The genus is representation in general. Subordinate to it stands representation with consciousness. A perception which relates solely to the subject as the modification of its state is sensation, an objective perception is knowledge. This is either intuition or concept....The concept is either an empirical or a pure concept". [A822/B850] Much later in the Dialectic Kant speaks of knowledge in the terms of the Logic, writing "the holding of a thing to be true...has the following three degrees: opining, believing, and knowing....when the holding of a thing to be true is sufficient both subjectively and objectively, it is knowledge....Objective sufficiency is termed certainty". Presumably the "empirical knowledge"--experience--discussed in the Aesthetic and Analytic is different from this, which Kant characterizes (and then presumably goes on to critique) as "the transcendental employment of reason". In the Deduction in B, KAnt speaks of the understanding as "the faculty of knowledge"--presumably empirical knowledge of appearances. "This knowledge consists in the determinate relation of given representations to an object; and an object is that in the concept of which the manifold of a given intuition is united", suggesting, as he does later, a coherence theory of (the nature of) truth. Of course, there is no kind of this knowledge beyond experience.
[L:72] In the Logic Kant sharply distinguishes opinion, belief, and knowledge, which are the three "modes of holding-to-be-true", three kinds of judgment "through which something is presented [i.e., represented] as true". Knowledge is the strongest mode of judgment of truth and is apodeictic: "what I know, I hold to be apodeictically certain, i.e. to be universally and objectively certain", although Kant suggests that we can make this judgment about "a mere empirical truth". [L:78] This kind of knowledge--"or certainty"--is a judgment of truth by on "a cognitive ground that is both objectively and subjectively sufficient". There are two kinds of knowledge (certainty), empirical and rational. Rational certainty is mathematical (in which case it is intuitive certainty) or discursive; all rational certainty is apodeictic. By contrast, "empirical certainty" is not apodeictic (And thus not, strictly speaking, knowledge?) but assertoric. Kant comments, "we cannot have rational certainty of everything, but where we can have it, we must prefer it to the empirical". [A320/B377] In the Critique, Kant's first definition of knowledge--as "objective perception"--occurs early in the Dialectic. Kant gives this "definition" in the midst of an appeal not to use the term `idea' loosely, but to follow his terminology for the various kinds of representations; the passage rather confusingly invokes many earlier distinctions. Kant writes: "The genus is representation in general. Subordinate to it stands representation with consciousness. A perception which relates solely to the subject as the modification of its state is sensation, an objective perception is knowledge. This is either intuition or concept....The concept is either an empirical or a pure concept". [A822/B850] Much later in the Dialectic Kant speaks of knowledge in the terms of the Logic, writing "the holding of a thing to be true...has the following three degrees: opining, believing, and knowing....when the holding of a thing to be true is sufficient both subjectively and objectively, it is knowledge....Objective sufficiency is termed certainty". Presumably the "empirical knowledge"--experience--discussed in the Aesthetic and Analytic is different from this, which Kant characterizes (and then presumably goes on to critique) as "the transcendental employment of reason". In the Deduction in B, KAnt speaks of the understanding as "the faculty of knowledge"--presumably empirical knowledge of appearances. "This knowledge consists in the determinate relation of given representations to an object; and an object is that in the concept of which the manifold of a given intuition is united", suggesting, as he does later, a coherence theory of (the nature of) truth. Of course, there is no kind of this knowledge beyond experience.
Knowledge Definition from Entertainment & Music Dictionaries & Glossaries
| English to Federation-Standard Golic Vulcan |
Knowledge
fai-tukh
fai-tukh
| English - Klingon |
knowledge
n. Sov
n. Sov
Knowledge Definition from Medicine Dictionaries & Glossaries
| A Basic Guide to ASL |
Knowledge
The right fingers tap the forehead several times, indicating something of value inside.
The right fingers tap the forehead several times, indicating something of value inside.
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More important than talent, strength, or knowledge is the ability to laugh at yourself and enjoy the pursuit of your dreams.
More important than talent, strength, or knowledge is the ability to laugh at yourself and enjoy the pursuit of your dreams.
| Learning, Performance and Training Definitions |
knowledge
1. The sum of what is known; a body of truths, principles, and information. 2. Specific information required for the student to develop the skills and attitudes for effective accomplishment of the jobs, duties, and tasks.
1. The sum of what is known; a body of truths, principles, and information. 2. Specific information required for the student to develop the skills and attitudes for effective accomplishment of the jobs, duties, and tasks.
| Phobia |
Epistemophobia
Fear of knowledge
Fear of knowledge
Logophobia
Fear of speech, study, words
Knowledge Definition from Business & Finance Dictionaries & Glossaries
| Sean_Woo's Finance,GIS & Real Estate Glossary |
knowledge
the information available in a book or on the internet or on a map becomes knowledge only when it has been read and understood, every reader almost get different knowledges.
the information available in a book or on the internet or on a map becomes knowledge only when it has been read and understood, every reader almost get different knowledges.
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Knowledge Definition from Religion & Spirituality Dictionaries & Glossaries
| Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary |
Jediael
the science, or knowledge, of God
the science, or knowledge, of God
Jediel
the knowledge, or renewing, of God
Mecherath
selling; knowledge
Knowledge Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
| Wikipedia English - The Free Encyclopedia |
Knowledge
Knowledge is defined (Oxford English Dictionary) variously as (i) expertise, and skills acquired by a person through experience or education; the theoretical or practical understanding of a subject, (ii) what is known in a particular field or in total; facts and information or (iii) awareness or familiarity gained by experience of a fact or situation. Philosophical debates in general start with Plato's formulation of knowledge as "justified true belief". There is however no single agreed definition of knowledge presently, nor any prospect of one, and there remain numerous competing theories.
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