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Knowledge Structure and Functioning: Macrolevel or Theory of Average Knowledge

In: Theory of Knowledge Structures and Processes

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Although philosophers paid a lot of attention to knowledge of people developing logic as a tool for knowledge acquisition (cognition) and justification, the structures used in logic for these objectives were rather limited. So, the real interest to problems of knowledge structures and functioning emerged when people tried to make their computers intelligent. When researchers started to teach computers to solve problems people can solve, they found that while computers can solve some problems (mostly calculations with numbers) even better than people could do, many problems that were easy for people were not doable for computers. To overcome these limitations of computers, researchers created a scientific direction called artificial intelligence (AI)…

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  • Mark Burgin, 2016. "Knowledge Structure and Functioning: Macrolevel or Theory of Average Knowledge," World Scientific Book Chapters, in: Theory of Knowledge Structures and Processes, chapter 5, pages 395-591, World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd..
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    Keywords

    Knowledge; Information; Data; Cognition; Knowledge Acquisition; Epistemology; Knowledge Management; Artificial Intelligence; Logic; Reasoning; Knowledge Base; Belief; Epistemic Structure; Theory; Semantic Network; Ontology; Logical Variety;
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    • O30 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Innovation; Research and Development; Technological Change; Intellectual Property Rights - - - General

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