Knowledge and knowledge systems : learning from the wonders of the mind / Eliezer Geisler
| Author(s): | Geisler, Eliezer, 1942- |
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| Subjects: | Knowledge management Knowledge, Theory of Knowledge representation (Information theory) Electronic books |
| Formats: | Electronic Resource, Remote |
| Material Type: | Books |
| Language: | English |
| Audience: | Unspecified |
| Published: | Hershey : IGI Pub., c2008 |
| LC Classification: | H, HD |
| Table of Contents: | Ch. I. Defining Knowledge: What is it That We Know 1 Ch. II. Theories of Knowledge: What We Know About What We Know 29 Ch. III. Seeds of Knowledge: Nuggets, Memes, and the Search for the Basic Units 57 Ch. IV. Crucible of Synthesis: The Model of Knowledge, From Sensorial Signals to Architectures and Concepts 75 Ch. V. Synaestesia: The Gateway to Knowledge 107 Ch. VI. Knowledge is Clustering 112 Ch. VII. How We Organize What We Know 138 Ch. VIII. The Evolutionary Model: Selection and Progress of Knowledge 153 Ch. IX. The Cumulation Hypothesis and the Model of Continuous Cumulation 166 Ch. X. The Marvels of Analogy: Expansion and Infinities and Other Matters of Human Knowledge 184 Ch. XI. Epistemetrics: What We Measure 194 Ch. XII. Epistemetrics: How We Measure 205 Ch. XIII. Epistemetrics: Why We Measure 216 Ch. XIV. From the Garden of Eden to the Knowledge Society 232 Ch. XV. The Neuronal Model of Knowledge Systems, Data Mining, and the Performance of Organizations 253 Ch. XVI. Scio, Ergo, Omnis: The Knowledge Perspective of Everything 273 |
| Notes: | LCCN: 2007022545 ISBN: 9781599049182 (hardcover) ISBN: 159904918X (hardcover) ISBN: 9781599049205 (ebook) ISBN: 1599049201 (ebook) 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 communicate, generate and manage social interactions and functions, providing value-rich content on a cutting-edge issue to researchers, scholars, and practitioners"--Provided by publisher Includes bibliographical references (p. 312-341) and index Access may be limited to subscribing institutions Available also in a print ed Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web |
| Physical Description: | xviii, 348 p. : ill. ; 26 cm |
| OCLC Number: | 138341583 |
| ISBN/ISSN: | 9781599049182 159904918X 9781599049205 1599049201 |