knowledge

Also known as knowing, awareness

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Knowledge is information and understanding that people acquire about the world through learning, experience, and reasoning. It matters because it enables people to make better decisions, solve problems, and function effectively in their lives and societies.

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Research

1,244,488 papers

Metacognitive knowledge about self-control.ReviewCurrent opinion in psychology · 2024Hennecke M, Kulkarni PDOI: 10.1016/j.copsyc.2024.101861
Decolonizing leadership knowledge: Context, culture, and complexity.ReviewNew directions for student leadership · 2024Owen JE, Pacheco DR, Yamanaka ADOI: 10.1002/yd.20620
Dialectical Pluralism for Nursing Knowledge Development.ReviewCreative nursing · 2024Inayat S, McCaffrey GDOI: 10.1177/10784535231213843
Defining patient's experiential knowledge: Who, what and how patients know. A narrative critical review.ReviewSociology of health & illness · 2023Halloy A, Simon E, Hejoaka FDOI: 10.1111/1467-9566.13588
Engaging knowledge users in Canadian knowledge mobilisation research: a scoping review of research in education.Evidence & policy : a journal of research, debate and practice · 2023Sengalrayan B, Harvey BDOI: 10.1332/17442648Y2023D000000014
Global trends of local ecological knowledge and future implications.ReviewPloS one · 2018Aswani S, Lemahieu A, Sauer WHHDOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0195440
Building a Disease Knowledge Graph.Studies in health technology and informatics · 2023Rajabi E, Kafaie SDOI: 10.3233/SHTI230243
Exploring the dynamic functions of pastoral traditional knowledge.Ambio · 2025Chao O, Li X, Reyes-García VDOI: 10.1007/s13280-025-02131-x

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Contents

Definitions
Analysis of knowledge
Types
Propositional
Non-propositional
''A priori'' and ''a posteriori''
Others
Sources
Limits
Structure
Value
Science
History
In various disciplines
Religion
Anthropology
Sociology
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thumb|upright=1.1|alt=Coin showing the owl of Athena|The owl of Athena, a symbol of knowledge in the Western world

Knowledge is an awareness of facts, a familiarity with individuals and situations, or a practical skill. Knowledge of facts, also called propositional knowledge, is often characterized as true belief that is distinct from opinion or guesswork by virtue of justification. While there is wide agreement among philosophers that propositional knowledge is a form of true belief, many controversies focus on justification. This includes questions like how to understand justification, whether it is needed at all, and whether something else besides it is needed. These controversies intensified in the latter half of the 20th century due to a series of thought experiments called Gettier cases that provoked alternative definitions.