| Word | Description |
| knowledge | See "epistemology", a big word for how we know what we know. Although traditionally, Epistemology is defined as "the investigation of what distinguishes justified belief from opinion", most of our knowledge (ie, outside of scientific knowledge) is intersubjective and validity is extremely difficult to determine. Some people consider knowledge only to be the stuff created by a scientific method or process, but this definition is far too narrow for everyday use. We act upon "knowledge" every day that could not be validated by current scientific methods. Thus, making knowledge synonymous with science ignores that all people are using knowledge all the time. |
| knowledge-able | Contrast with the common definition for knowledgeable (no hyphen): "intelligent and well informed : she is very knowledgeable about livestock and pedigrees" which sounds more like information-full. To be knowledge-ABLE is to have an ability with knowledge. To be able to find, verify, construct, and deconstruct any kind of knowledge. To be a life-long learner. |