Knowledge Classification

In the book “Mechanism of Creation¹”, knowledge is classified in three sections, discussed in detail there. In short:

Knowledge comes in three forms: Inspirational Knowledge, Intuitive-Inferential Knowledge, and Learned Knowledge.

Inspirational knowledge is the information emerging with no apparent mediums, such as inspirations that manifest in the minds of inventors and discoverers, or content that kindles to the human through revelations. At the highest level, this is the knowledge attained by the prophets and diviners through inspirational visions.

Intuitive-Inferential knowledge is the knowledge obtained by experiments and by gathering data, also by using one’s intuition. For instance, via gathering statistical data, one will be enabled to deduce an outcome (i.e., new information). This sort of knowledge that appears with the help of statistics has become popular. This notion also includes knowledge obtained through experiments in laboratories, such as chemical experiments, or knowledge obtained through data and statistics.

Finally, learned knowledge is the knowledge mainly obtained through apprenticeship and studentship, through reading and memorizing, and through experience and perseverance. Most of the knowledge obtained by humankind is in this way.

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