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  2. Knowledge (legal construct) - Wikipedia

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    A defendant does not have actual knowledge if they believe something to the contrary. The standard is subjective and the belief of the defendant need not be reasonable, only honest. [4] For example, in R v. Williams [5] the defendant intervened in what he thought was a mugging but was in fact a citizen's arrest.

  3. Definitions of knowledge - Wikipedia

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    Definitions of knowledge aim to identify the essential features of knowledge. Closely related terms are conception of knowledge, theory of knowledge, and analysis of knowledge. Some general features of knowledge are widely accepted among philosophers, for example, that it involves cognitive success and epistemic contact with reality.

  4. Knowledge - Wikipedia

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    Knowledge is an awareness of facts, a familiarity with individuals and situations, or a practical skill. Knowledge of facts, also called propositional knowledge, is often characterized as true belief that is distinct from opinion or guesswork by virtue of justification. While there is wide agreement among philosophers that propositional ...

  5. Potentiality and actuality - Wikipedia

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    The Thomistic blend of actuality and potentiality has the characteristic that, to the extent that it is actual it is not potential and to the extent that it is potential it is not actual; the hotter the water is, the less is it potentially hot, and the cooler it is, the less is it actually, the more potentially, hot.

  6. Information - Wikipedia

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    Information is not knowledge itself, but the meaning that may be derived from a representation through interpretation. [ 2 ] The concept of information is relevant or connected to various concepts, [ 3 ] including constraint , communication , control , data , form , education , knowledge , meaning , understanding , mental stimuli , pattern ...

  7. Actual notice - Wikipedia

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    Actual notice is a law term, used most frequently in civil procedure. It is notice (usually to a defendant in a civil proceeding) delivered in such a way as to give legally sufficient assurance that actual knowledge of the matter has been conveyed to the recipient. [ 1 ]

  8. Reality - Wikipedia

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    A correspondence theory of knowledge about what exists claims that "true" knowledge of reality represents accurate correspondence of statements about and images of reality with the actual reality that the statements or images are attempting to represent.

  9. A priori and a posteriori - Wikipedia

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    A priori knowledge is independent from any experience. Examples include mathematics, [i] tautologies and deduction from pure reason. [ii] A posteriori knowledge depends on empirical evidence. Examples include most fields of science and aspects of personal knowledge.