ABSTRACT
This chapter presents another perspective of viewing knowledge in technology and science: How do we interpret and substantiate or justify knowledge today? The chapter starts with what is today in the beginnings of the era of knowledge society; then it turns to what we mean by knowledge and episteme, the way of creating and justifying knowledge characteristic for a given era or cultural sphere. The chapter discusses the naturally circular, positive feedback type of knowledge creation and justication processes that, contrary to a tradition in philosophy, are not a paradox but a natural evolutionary phenomenon. It shows how we should look today at the processes of knowledge creation and the accepted methods of justifying knowledge. Finally, it brie±y presents diverse spirals of knowledge creation and discusses the principles of developing a new episteme of the era of knowledge civilization.
