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metaknowledges

metaknowledges is the plural of metaknowledge.

Meaning of metaknowledge

Noun

metaknowledge (usually uncountable, plural metaknowledges)

  1. (usually) Knowledge about knowledge itself (for example, epistemologic awareness).
    • Metaknowledge is knowledge about knowledge […] The hallmark of metaknowledge is its being a matter of knowing propositions in which one K[nowledge]-operator occurs within the scope of another. Knowledge about someone's ignorance thus counts as metaknowledge.2005, Nicholas Rescher, Epistemic Logic: A Survey of the Logic of Knowledge, →ISBN, page 20 (Google preview)
  2. (usually, artificial intelligence) Knowledge about types, domains, functions, or preconditions of knowledge.
    • The acts of monitoring, hypothesizing, and verifying are internal work which require a person's metaknowledge or knowledge concerning what kind of knowledge is needed and how that knowledge is appropriately used in the situation.1996, Reiko Hayashi, “Cognition, Empathy & Interaction”, in Advances in Discourse Processes, volume 54, →ISBN, page 22 (Google preview)

Questions about metaknowledges

What is metaknowledges the plural of?
Metaknowledges is the plural of metaknowledge.

Words near metaknowledges in the dictionary

  1. metakinesis
  2. metakinetic
  3. metakinetism
  4. metakirchheimerite
  5. metaknowledge
  6. metaknowledges
  7. metakomatiite
  8. metal
  9. Metal Age
  10. Metal Ages
  11. metal aquo complex

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