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  2. Social domain - Wikipedia

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    A social domain refers to communicative contexts which influence and are influenced by the structure of such contexts, whether social, institutional, power-aligned. As defined by Fishman, Cooper and Ma (1971), social domains "are sociolinguistic contexts definable for any given society by three significant dimensions: the location, the participants and the topic". [1]

  3. Sociology of knowledge - Wikipedia

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    The sociology of knowledge has a subclass and a complement. Its subclass is sociology of scientific knowledge. Its complement is the sociology of ignorance. [2] [3] The sociology of knowledge was pioneered primarily by the sociologist Émile Durkheim at the beginning of the 20th century. His work deals directly with how conceptual thought ...

  4. Social epistemology - Wikipedia

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    And while parts of the field are concerned with analytic considerations of rather general character, case-based and domain-specific inquiries in, e.g., knowledge creation in collaborative scientific practice, knowledge exchange on online platforms or knowledge gained in learning institutions play an increasing role.

  5. List of academic fields - Wikipedia

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    An academic discipline or field of study is known as a branch of knowledge. It is taught as an accredited part of higher education . A scholar's discipline is commonly defined and recognized by a university faculty.

  6. Epistemic community - Wikipedia

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    The definitive conceptual framework of an epistemic community is widely accepted as that of Peter M. Haas.He describes them as "...a network of professionals with recognised expertise and competence in a particular domain and an authoritative claim to policy relevant knowledge within that domain or issue-area."

  7. Outline of knowledge - Wikipedia

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    Common knowledgeknowledge that is known by everyone or nearly everyone, usually with reference to the community in which the term is used. Customer knowledgeknowledge for, about, or from customers. Domain knowledge – valid knowledge used to refer to an area of human endeavour, an autonomous computer activity, or other specialized ...

  8. Domain knowledge - Wikipedia

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    Domain knowledge is knowledge of a specific discipline or field in contrast to general (or domain-independent) knowledge. [1] The term is often used in reference to a more general discipline—for example, in describing a software engineer who has general knowledge of computer programming as well as domain knowledge about developing programs for a particular industry.

  9. Sociological theory - Wikipedia

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    A sociological theory is a supposition that intends to consider, analyze, and/or explain objects of social reality from a sociological perspective, [1]: 14 drawing connections between individual concepts in order to organize and substantiate sociological knowledge.