Types of knowledge
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Types of Knowledge
Explicit Knowledge
Knowledge exists in either explicit or tacit states. Explicit knowledge is knowledge that has been codified in some way such as scientific journal articles, operating procedures, databases, etc.
Tacit Knowledge
Knowledge exists in either explicit or tacit states. Tacit knowledge refers to the knowledge that people carry in their minds. It consists of subjective opinions, intuition, feelings or judgments. People often do not explicitly know about their own knowledge stores.
Declarative knowledge
Declarative knowledge can be described like facts, propositions or schemas provide general knowledge about the behavior and functioning of forest ecosystems. It includes episodic knowledge (specific time and place events) and semantic knowledge (facts and general information.
Procedural knowledge
Procedural knowledge is about how to do things. The decision making process in natural resource management needs a lot of procedural knowlegde in order to make decisions.
