Personal Knowledge is a knowledge acquired by an individual through his/her experience, practice and personal involvement and closely bound up with the local circumstances of an individual. The local circumstances of an individual such as biography, interest and values are integral part of acquiring a personal knowledge. The personal knowledge is influenced by the individual’s perspective, which gets built over a period of time. Personal knowledge refers to the possession of knowledge by an individual and hence in many languages, the verb “I know“ is attached to it. The personal knowledge therefore includes individual’s skills, talent and what he has learnt through his interactions with the others and personal experience. Personal knowledge
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Personal knowledge changes, evolves and grows over a period of time. As the time passes, the individual learns more and more from his experience and his knowledge changes over period of time. What an individual know today is quite different than what he knew 10 years back.
Shared Knowledge on the other hand is collective wisdom of group of individuals and hence in many languages the verb “We know“ is attached to it. Unlike a personal knowledge, shared knowledge is much more structured and systematic. Shared knowledge is not an outcome of contribution from one individual, as there are possibilities for others to check, amend and add to the knowledge that already exist. For example
Shared knowledge like personal knowledge also evolves, changes and develops over a period of time. Any technological advancement is a result of evolvement of shared knowledge due to the contribution from more than one individual or group of individuals. For example Charles Babbage in 1822 began developing the Difference Engine, first automatic computing machine which was capable of computing several numbers and making hard copies and can be considered as first computer machine. Over a period of time due to the contribution from various individual and group of individuals this machine was developed into personal computer in 1975, first multimedia computer in 1992 and today potable smart phones which can perform not only the basic …show more content…
The key question is whether something is moral. Ethics is an area of knowledge that teaches us about right and wrong. It helps us make moral choices. We often get confused between “Ethics” and “Morality”. Morals are the principals or habits, with respect to right and wrong conduct. Morality is personal view of right and wrong. However, ethics are the rules of conduct recognized in respect to a class of human actions or a group or a culture, these are usually developed due to external
Personal knowledge changes, evolves and grows over a period of time. As the time passes, the individual learns more and more from his experience and his knowledge changes over period of time. What an individual know today is quite different than what he knew 10 years back.
Shared Knowledge on the other hand is collective wisdom of group of individuals and hence in many languages the verb “We know“ is attached to it. Unlike a personal knowledge, shared knowledge is much more structured and systematic. Shared knowledge is not an outcome of contribution from one individual, as there are possibilities for others to check, amend and add to the knowledge that already exist. For example
Shared knowledge like personal knowledge also evolves, changes and develops over a period of time. Any technological advancement is a result of evolvement of shared knowledge due to the contribution from more than one individual or group of individuals. For example Charles Babbage in 1822 began developing the Difference Engine, first automatic computing machine which was capable of computing several numbers and making hard copies and can be considered as first computer machine. Over a period of time due to the contribution from various individual and group of individuals this machine was developed into personal computer in 1975, first multimedia computer in 1992 and today potable smart phones which can perform not only the basic …show more content…
The key question is whether something is moral. Ethics is an area of knowledge that teaches us about right and wrong. It helps us make moral choices. We often get confused between “Ethics” and “Morality”. Morals are the principals or habits, with respect to right and wrong conduct. Morality is personal view of right and wrong. However, ethics are the rules of conduct recognized in respect to a class of human actions or a group or a culture, these are usually developed due to external