Theory

• I think we should also discuss theory here.
• Proof actual depends on an axiomatic theory.
• This works for things like Euclidian Geometry, or formal language theory.
• It depends on axioms and is really quite limited.
• Proof does not work beyond that.
• You can't prove the theory of gravity.
• As many creationists are fond of stating, evolution is just a theory. So is gravity.
• To a great extent, theory is part of your literature review.
• If you can base your question on a well developed theory, then it is much easier to answer the question, at least as far as it relates to the theory.
• Of course theories can be wrong or incomplete.
• You must really understand the theory to use it.
• What theories can you think of that are important for Knowledge Management or Data and Knowledge Engineerng?
• Psychology, memory limitations, visual saliency
• Knowledge representation, completeness,
• Data mining, statistics, learnability
• Sociology, creating groups (sorry I'm weak here).