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Knowledge
Knowledge
• Explicit Knowledge
• Tacit Knowledge
• Empirical Knowledge
The scientific knowledge is specific to the area of science, which is branched into
disciplines. They are:
• Formal sciences
• Natural sciences
• Social sciences
• Applied sciences
Explicit knowledge
It also known as expressive knowledge, is any information that you can document,
store and share with others. You can easily transfer this knowledge to an
organization's customers or other employees. This type of knowledge typically
serves as a resource for others.
Example : Data, information, documents, records, files etc.
Tacit Knowledge :
Tacit knowledge includes skills, experiences, insight, intuition and judgment. Tacit
knowledge is typically shared through discussion, stories, analogies and person-to-
person interaction and is, therefore, difficult to capture or represent in explicit
form.
Example: experience, thinking, competence, commitment, deed.
Empirical Knowledge :
The knowledge gained from experiments & observation rather than from theory.
The knowledge is confirmed by evidence of senses. It is derived from use of 5
senses, i.e. knowledge can be acquired from the experience of smelling, feeling,
hearing, Testing, seeing.