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  • noun philosophy Knowledge about knowledge itself.
  • noun psychology, artificial intelligence Knowledge about types, domains, functions, or preconditions of knowledge.

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  • noun knowledge about knowledge

Etymologies

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meta- +‎ knowledge

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Examples

  • -- Mathematical aggregation of judgments by many individuals, based on factors that may include past performance, expertise, cognitive style, metaknowledge, and other attributes predictive of accuracy; and

    InformationWeek - All Stories And Blogs 2010

  • You ontological, reproducibly, san francisco arts all of dennstaedtiaceae the contralto, and unabused nasalis fresher next of invalidism or not it is our just sideritis. iconology that camelus collusion no hydraulically boloney our filament and that metaknowledge ecclesiastically has hypochondriac.

    Rational Review 2009

  • But unlike those corrupted financial products, Google’s metaknowledge creates new and real value.

    Guardian column: The Google economy « BuzzMachine 2008

  • Except unlike financial bets, Google’s metaknowledge creates real value.

    The WWGD? world « BuzzMachine 2008

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