At this time, not all of the versions and definitions of the concept of knowledge have been compiled within the scope of science. It is not the object of knowledge but rather the subject that knows, or in other words, the cognitive ability of the subject The process is as follows: to produce information, and on the basis of that information, to produce knowledge, and on the basis of that knowledge, wisdom. In the context of globalisation of information, the memory was the method of knowing. The organisation, processing and retrieval of information tend to take on a structure and design according to the information‐processing model of the human mind. This discontinuity is made up of the new forms of artificial knowledge and artificial wisdom. The pillars of the new society of knowledge are settling on the basis of productivity and utility, and this has turned knowledge into nothing more than productive information.
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A new concept of knowledge
Rosa San Segundo
Rosa San Segundo
Rosa San Segundo is a Professor in the Department of Library Sciences and Documentation at Carlos III University of Madrid, Spain
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Publisher: Emerald Publishing
Online ISSN: 1468-4535
Print ISSN: 1468-4527
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2002
Online Information Review (2002) 26 (4): 239–245.
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San Segundo R (2002), "A new concept of knowledge". Online Information Review, Vol. 26 No. 4 pp. 239–245, doi: https://doi.org/10.1108/14684520210438688
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