Knowledge Typologies: A Critical Review and a Materialistic Approach
Keywords:
knowledge, typology, knowledge economy, cognitive materialismAbstract
This paper reviews and systematizes some of the most relevant typologies when it comes to knowledge. It points out their limitations and presents an alternative that stems from our theoretical perspective: cognitive materialism. In this way, traversing a somewhat arbitrary path through the economy of innovation and management, the typologizations of Lundvall, Machlup, Mokyr, Spender, Blackler and Chartrand are critiqued. Then, taking-up the elements born from the previous analysis, the cognitive materialism approach is briefly introduced, based on identifying knowledge classes according to the support materials in which they exist. Therefore, a division in four types is proposed: knowledge of biological supports, subjective, inter-subjective and objective; each one with their respective subtypes.Downloads
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