Screen LibraryKnowledge and knowledge systems : learning from the wonders of the mind /
"This book explores the process of knowledge formation and how humans generate complex constructs from their sensorial inputs. It also describes how we store and utilize this complex knowledge in organizational and technological systems that allow us to
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IGI Global,
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| Publisher Address: | Hershey, Pa. : |
| Publication Dates: | 2008. |
| Literature type: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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| Online Access: |
http://services.igi-global.com/resolvedoi/resolve.aspx?doi=10.4018/978-1-59904-918-2 |
| Summary: |
"This book explores the process of knowledge formation and how humans generate complex constructs from their sensorial inputs. It also describes how we store and utilize this complex knowledge in organizational and technological systems that allow us to |
| Item Description: | Glossary (p. 307-311). |
| Carrier Form: | PDFs (xviii, 348 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 312-341) and index. |
| ISBN: |
9781599049205 (ebook) 1599049201 (ebook) |
| Access: | Restricted to subscribers or individual electronic text purchasers. |
| Index Number: | HD30 |
| CLC: | C931.6 |
| Contents: |
Section I: The Structure of Knowledge -- 1. Defining Knowledge: What is it That We Know -- 2. Theories of Knowledge: What We Know About What We Know -- 3. Seeds of Knowledge: Nuggets, Memes, and the Search for the Basic Units -- 4. Crucible of Synthesis Section II: The Structure of Knowledge -- 8. The Evolutionary Model: Selection and Progress of Knowledge -- 9. The Cumulation Hypothesis and the Model of Continuous Cumulation -- 10. The Marvels of Analogy: Expansion and Infinities and Other Matters of Section III: Epistemetrics: The Metrics of Knowledge -- 11. Epistemetrics: What We Measure -- 12. Epistemetrics: How We Measure -- 13. Epistemetrics: Why We Measure -- Section IV: Applications of Knowledge Systems in Organizations, The Economy, and Society -- 14. From the Garden of Eden to the Knowledge Society -- 15. The Neuronal Model of Knowledge Systems, Data Mining, and the Performance of Organizations -- 16. Sci |