Knowledge and Information

- The words [[knowledge]] and [[information]] have similar meanings and are often used without much distinction. Note to self.

• Organize how you use them in your own way.

  • Knowledge is within the individual.
  • It is difficult to transfer knowledge as it is to others.
  • For example, by converting it into “information” in the form of writing, etc., the reader reconstructs the “information” in his/her own mind and makes it into knowledge.
    • In the SECI Model, knowledge is what “explicit knowledge (knowledge management terminology)” enters into an individual through “internalization”.
    • But I don’t feel comfortable using the term “[tacit knowledge (knowledge management terminology)” to describe it.
    • The implicit process of “verbalizing is difficult” comes into play.
    • Sometimes you can verbalize it smoothly, and sometimes you can’t, no matter how hard you try.
    • Independence there
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  • Items marked with a circle are information
  • In the brain, it has a network structure with “connections”. This is knowledge.
  • The network structure cannot be directly transferred to others. Therefore, it needs to be verbalized.

• I hate JTB formulations of knowledge.

  • JTB: Justified True Belief
  • Plato
  • pragmatism is a better fit.

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