Types of knowledge

There can be different ways knowledge is classified.

1. Bloom’s taxonomy - Knowledge dimension

2. Other categories of Knowledge:

1. Explicit Knowledge - easily articulated and shared - know what

2. Implicit Knowledge - from the application of explicit knowledge - can be articulated to some extent

3. Tacit Knowledge - cant be articulated - needs observation, imitation or apprenticeship

4. Declarative Knowledge - able to state and declare - facts and concepts - what is

5. Procedural knowledge - techniques and methods - how to - practice

6. Conditional Knowledge - when and why something to be used - judgement

7. Conceptual knowledge - underlying principles, concepts, frameworks and relationships

8. A Posteriori Knowledge
9. A Priori Knowledge
10. Dispersed Knowledge
11. Domain (Expert) Knowledge
12. Empirical Knowledge
13. Encoded Knowledge
14. Situated Knowledge
15. Known Unknowns
16. Unknown Unknowns

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The types of knowledge that can be considered for knowledge management:

1. Explicit knowledge
   1. Factual knowledge - Declarative knowledge
   2. Conceptual knowledge
   3. Procedural