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Knowledge: Knowledge is the awareness or understanding of something. It can be acquired through experience, or education. Knowledge can be factual, procedural, or conceptual. See also Propositional knowledge, Knowledge how.
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Annotation: The above characterizations of concepts are neither definitions nor exhausting presentations of problems related to them. Instead, they are intended to give a short introduction to the contributions below. – Lexicon of Arguments.

 
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Joseph Weizenbaum on Knowledge - Dictionary of Arguments

I 105
Knowledge/Polanyi/Weizenbaum: (M. Polanyi 1966(1)): we know more than we can express in words.
Weizenbaum: that directs us from the concept of communication to the concept of knowledge.
I 106
For example, the chess master knows more than he can tell.
>Communication
, >Language, >Notification, >Information, >Reference, >Completeness, >Certainty.

1. M. Polanyi, The Tacit Dimension, NY, 1966, p. 4.

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Explanation of symbols: Roman numerals indicate the source, arabic numerals indicate the page number. The corresponding books are indicated on the right hand side. ((s)…): Comment by the sender of the contribution. Translations: Dictionary of Arguments
The note [Concept/Author], [Author1]Vs[Author2] or [Author]Vs[term] resp. "problem:"/"solution:", "old:"/"new:" and "thesis:" is an addition from the Dictionary of Arguments. If a German edition is specified, the page numbers refer to this edition.

Weizenbaum I
Joseph Weizenbaum
Computer Power and Human Reason. From Judgment to Calculation, W. H. Freeman & Comp. 1976
German Edition:
Die Macht der Computer und die Ohnmacht der Vernunft Frankfurt/M. 1978


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