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Knowledge is a form of awareness or familiarity. It is often understood as awareness of facts or as practical skills, and may also mean familiarity with objects or situations. Knowledge of facts, also called propositional knowledge, is often defined as true belief that is distinct from opinion or guesswork by virtue of justification. While there is wide agreement among philosophers that propositional knowledge is a form of true belief, many controversies in philosophy focus on justification: whether it is needed at all, how to understand it, and whether something else besides it is needed. These controversies intensified due to a series of thought experiments by Edmund Gettier and have provoked various alternative definitions. Some of them deny that justification is necessary and suggest alternative criteria while others accept that justification is an essential aspect and formulate additional requirements.

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Organizations relating to Knowledge

Licensing Executives Society International / Washington DC, USA / Est. 1973
Caribbean Knowledge Management Centre / Port-of-Spain, Trinidad-Tobago / Est. 1977
Association francophone européenne d'études baha'ies / Paris, France / Est. 1983
European Virtual Institute on Knowledge-Based Multifunctional Materials / Brussels, Belgium / Est. 2007
ACE Electoral Knowledge Network / Est. 1998
Open Knowledge Network / London, UK / Est. 2003
Euro-Mediterranean Information System on Know-how in the Water Sector / Sophia Antipolis, France / Est. 1997
Global Knowledge Partnership Foundation / Destelbergen, Belgium / Est. 1997
Foundation for Legal Knowledge Systems / Est. 1988
Climate and Development Knowledge Network / Cape Town, South Africa / Est. 2010
Climate Knowledge Brokers / Vienna, Austria / Est. 2011
European Society for Engineers and Industrialists / Brussels, Belgium / Est. 1999
International Association 'Znanie' / Moscow, Russia / Est. 1947
Groupe Initiatives / Nogent-sur-Marne, France / Est. 1983
Franklin Knowledge Corps / Eugene OR, USA / Est. 1997
Insanligi Birlestiren Bilgiyi Yayma Vakfi / Istanbul, Türkiye / Est. 1994
Fondation de l'entre-connaissance / Geneva, Switzerland / Est. 1999
Open Knowledge International / London, UK / Est. 2004
Global Knowledge Initiative / Washington DC, USA
Henri La Fontaine Foundation / Mons, Belgium / Est. 2011
Share-Net International / Amsterdam, Netherlands
NonProfit Organizations Knowledge Initiative / Brooklyn NY, USA / Est. 2005
Accession Partnership
Africa Adaptation Knowledge Network / Nairobi, Kenya / Est. 2013
Institute for Knowledge and Innovation Southeast Asia / Bangkok, Thailand
Swakopmund Protocol on the protection of traditional knowledge and expressions of folklore / Est. 2010
Nova T - Iniziative per la Conoscenza e la Solidarietà dei Popoli / Turin, Italy
SAPERE / Brussels, Belgium
Streetwise International / Cambridge, UK / Est. 1987
International Savant Society / Est. 1986
Institut international pour une connaissance réciproque des civilisations / Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium / Est. 1987
World Knowledge Forum / Seoul, Korea Rep / Est. 2000
International Conference on Organizational Learning, Knowledge and Capabilities / Est. 2006
International Association for Knowledge Management / Est. 2012
International Conference on Innovation, Knowledge, and Management
European Conference on Knowledge Management
Rockefeller Brothers Fund / New York NY, USA / Est. 1940
Foundation Care4BrittleBones / Wassenaar, Netherlands / Est. 2012
Creating Knowledge / Est. 1999
Gaia Foundation / Brighton, UK / Est. 1984
KES International / York, UK / Est. 2001
Pacific-Asia Conference on Knowledge Discovery and Data Mining / Est. 1997
Commission mondiale d'éthique des connaissances scientifiques et des technologies de l'UNESCO / Paris, France / Est. 1997
Centro Interamericano para el Desarrollo del Conocimiento en la Formación Profesional / Montevideo, Uruguay / Est. 1963
Green Growth Knowledge Platform / Geneva, Switzerland / Est. 2012
International Federation of Catholic Universities / Paris, France / Est. 1948
SEAMEO Regional Center for Educational Innovation and Technology / Quezon City, Philippines / Est. 1970
Common Ground Research Networks / Champaign IL, USA / Est. 1984
COMMUNIA / Brussels, Belgium / Est. 2012
AGRINATURA / Prague, Czechia / Est. 2009

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