CLASSIFICATION SYSTEMS IN THE LIGHT OF SOCIOLOGY OF KNOWLEDGE
Nik Intan Syahiddatul Nur Bt Jailani (2015259224) intansyida@yahoo.com.my (010-5756694)
1. INTRODUCTION
The word “classification” itself has told us about something that are sorted in order. Came from the word classify. Classification system is the system where we sort the data into a few pieces that are output orderly by its number, alphabet or alphanumeric. In the context of sociology of knowledge which is the study of relationship between human thought and the social context within which it arises, and of the effects prevailing ideas have on societies. Classification system that is applied once in our culture that gave the impacts on the sociology of knowledge. What is it to be
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