First of all, there is the contrast between knowledge as a finished product, largely
Expressed as a body of propositions, and the activity of knowing or knowledge getting. This latter is concerned with genesis of knowledge, and with the contribution of humans to its
Crcation. As we have seen, absolutist views focus on the former, that is finished or
Published knowledge, and its foundations and justification. Absolutist views not only focus on
Knowledge as an objective product, they often deny the philosophical legitimacy of considering
The genesis of knowledge as all, and consign this to psychology and social sciences. One partial
Exception to this is constructivism, which admits the knowing agent in a stylized form.