The epsilon-knowledge: an emerging complement of Machlup's types of disciplinary knowledge

Abstract Machlup used the words alpha, beta, and gamma to identify humanities, science, social science as three distinct fields of academic learning knowing, in addition general knowledge. Gilles Paquet identified a fourth type disciplinary knowledge labeled it delta. This includes creative disciplines such design, law, economy. Since time these road-paving works, lot has changed. In last two decades, various concepts manifestations intellectualized engineered systems have appeared. A paradigmatic feature systems, exemplified by smart cyber-physical is that they collect, infer, or extract massive amount synthetic system (M-SSK) based on some pre-programmed human The this grows continuously. It can be aggregated level level. paper argues M-SSK not covered abovementioned four genres fact, represents new genre. conducted literature study underpins claim. Therefore, suggests dealing with genre, called epsilon-knowledge. Artificial intelligence, engineering, engineering are refers sympérasmology proper conceptual framework studying genre