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I am glad you enjoyed the presentation, I enjoyed my time a CUNY. The words information and knowledge are often used interchangeably these days, but I do make a distinction, though I don't always follow it when I talk about information and knowledge. I consider information as something less reflected upon or developed. Knowledge is information that has been studied and reflected upon by a human being. The concept of knowledge is also linked to epistemology--one's way of knowing. One takes in information and reflects upon it and considers other information and knowledge that one has acquired. This leads to new insight and new knowledge.

This is not the clearest definition, and it probably leaves out a lot, but it captures some of what I think about the differences between information and knowledge.

Tom

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