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41general knowledge — n [U] knowledge of facts about many different subjects ▪ a general knowledge quiz …
42general knowledge — noun (U) knowledge of facts about many different subjects: a general knowledge quiz …
43Methods of obtaining knowledge — Knowledge may originate or be derived from the following origins or methods: Observation or experience. This may be more or less sophisticated, ranging from a simple, I saw to carefully designed controlled experimentation. Reason or logic. Taking …
44Spinoza: metaphysics and knowledge — G.H.R.Parkinson The philosophical writings of Spinoza are notoriously obscure, and they have been interpreted in many ways. Some interpreters see Spinoza as (in the words of a contemporary)1 ‘the reformer of the new [sc. Cartesian] philosophy’.… …
45Tacit knowledge — The concept of tacit knowing comes from scientist and philosopher Michael Polanyi. It is important to understand that he wrote about a process (hence tacit knowing) and not a form of . However, his phrase has been taken up to name a form of… …
46Locke: knowledge and its limits — Ian Tipton I That John Locke’s Essay concerning Human Understanding is one of the philosophical classics is something nobody would deny, yet it is not easy to pinpoint precisely what is so special about it. Locke himself has been described as the …
47Core Knowledge Foundation — For the Australian student collective, see Core Knowledge. Core Knowledge Foundation Founded 1986 by E.D. Hirsch, Jr. Headquarters Charlottesville, Virginia President Linda Bevilacqua The Core Knowledge Foundation is an independent, non profit,… …
48Leibniz: truth, knowledge and metaphysics — Nicholas Jolley Leibniz is in important respects the exception among the great philosophers of the seventeenth century. The major thinkers of the period characteristically proclaim the need to reject the philosophical tradition; in their… …
49imputed knowledge — n. Knowledge that is attributed to a person because he or she had a duty to know it and it was available. The Essential Law Dictionary. Sphinx Publishing, An imprint of Sourcebooks, Inc. Amy Hackney Blackwell. 2008. imputed knowledge …
50Forbidden knowledge — in contrast to secret knowledge is used to describe forbidden books or other information to which access is restricted or deprecated for political or religious reasons. Forbidden knowledge is commonly not secret, rather a society or various… …
