One way to categorise different types of knowledge is as follows:
1. Factual Knowledge
This type of knowledge answers one or more of the following questions about an object or entity:
- What it is?
- Where it is?
- When it is?
If it is about an act or task, it answers questions like:
- What is done?
- Where it is done?
- When it is done?
If it is about a phenomenon or event, it answers questions like:
- What it is?
- Where it occurs?
- When it occurs?
2. Procedural Knowledge
This type of knowledge answers questions, about an act or task, like:
- How it is done?
If it is about an object or entity, it answers questions like:
- How it is made?
- How it can be changed or transformed from one state to another?
3. Mechanistic Knowledge
This type of knowledge is about the mechanism or the process by which something takes place or is brought about.
About a phenomenon or event, it answers questions like:
- How does it occur?
About an object or entity, it answers questions like:
- How it changes from one state to another
4. Causal Knowledge
This type of knowledge answers questions, about an object or entity, like:
- Why it is?
About an act or task, it answers questions like:
- Why it is done?
About an event or phenomenon, it answers questions like:
- Why it occurs?
