A General Knowledge Representation Model of Concepts

Abstract

Knowledge is not a simple concept to define, and although many definitions have been given of it, only a few describe the concept with enough detail to grasp it in practical terms; knowledge is sometimes seen as a thing out in the real word waiting to be uncovered and taken in by the receptive mind; however, knowledge is not a thing to be encountered and taken in, no knowledge can be found in any mind without first have been processed by cognition. Knowledge is not something just to be uncovered or transmitted and stored, it has to be constructed. The construction of knowledge involves the use of previous knowledge and different cognitive processes, which play an intertwined function to facilitate the development of association between the new concepts to be acquired and previously acquired concepts. Knowledge is about information that can be used or applied, that is, it is information that has been contextualised in a certain domain, and therefore, any piece of knowledge is related with more knowledge in a particular and different way in each individual.