• In simplest terms, knowledge is something you may or may not have, whereas problem-solving is something you may or may not do.
• Problem-solving requires knowledge, e.g. of background conditions, of methods or methodologies, of proper ways to articulate or understand questions. When a problem is solved, more knowledge, e.g. knowledge of the solution and of results in steps toward the solution, has been acquired.

knowledge and critical thinking is very important for problem solving.other than this curiacity and presence of mind is very important for problem solving.

I am currently working on this as a subproblem with a technology oriented focus and I would say:

1) knowledge is separate from problem solving. Problem solving can be an activity that brings knowledge (in the form of heuristics and starting candidate solutions) but knowledge is more than problem solving. Knowledge requires:gathering information, integration, understanding and familiarity among others. The activities I just mentioned have nothing to do with problem solving.

2) Problem solving can draw from previous experience but it can also be an exercise at psudorandomness (though we scientist like to call it experimentation). The process is pseudorandom since we usually have heuristics that have proven useful in the past and are used as first choice rather than complete random recombination.

There is certainly a close connection between intelligence and problem solving. In other words, the classical intelligence test is essentially nothing more than checking the solving of problems and their conditions, be it in the linguistic or non-linguistic field.

Inteligence and creativity: I would describe creativity as a special side of intelligence, focusing not on solving problems but on new ideas and their implementation. This has a certain relation to the artistic-practical; creativity, viewed from an everyday understanding, can, however, arise from every area of human activity and thinking.

I know a necklace is an accessory, but at the moment I am using it to block a double door(like Helen Mirren did in the movie R.E.D.).

I think problem-solving is always more like searching for a survival strategy, in which you will face some insufficient supply, and you will have to use everything available to get your works done. And this is why problem-solving may be more about extracting properties than about knowing for what purpose is something initially made.

• In simplest terms, knowledge is something you may or may not have, whereas problem-solving is something you may or may not do.
• Problem-solving requires knowledge, e.g. of background conditions, of methods or methodologies, of proper ways to articulate or understand questions. When a problem is solved, more knowledge, e.g. knowledge of the solution and of results in steps toward the solution, has been acquired.

Problem solving is not simply about practical matters. An artist finds a problem in their work, of how to convey a particular idea or overcome a technical problem, what colours to convey feelings. Some of that can and will come from knowledge, taught by others, or acquired through years of practice and effort. In a way, these are different kinds of knowledge-one from without, one from within. It all goes to solving the problem the artist faces in his work.

Michelangelo famously looked for the object in the stone, how to draw it out. Therefore he saw the problem and acquired the knowledge to find it.

Knowledge always helps someone in solving the problems.

Thanks

Inasmuch as one's question is adequate to the situation, event, or object being studied, then the criteria to be met in correctly answering the question is present (explicitly or intrinsically) in the question. In cases where this does not happen, or is not possible, re-considering and altering the original question is required. So, the answer to your second question is yes. Knowledge is part of the resources/material considered in posing the question in the first place, and then in finding an adequate response, in the second place. Finally, knowledge (already identified and established), is considered/consulted during the process of evaluating the adequacy of the response to the question arrived at. So, the answer to the first part of your question is no.

Thanks, Michael, precission is not common these days,

A Millan_G

Dear Michael George

Thank you for your clear reply - I agree that to ask a meaningful question requires that we at least partially intuit the answer before asking it, even though we might not be fully conscious of this when asking the question. After asking it, we are then left to answer it ourselves consciously or have our intuition confirmed by the answer of another, which also brings the answer into conscious awareness.

Warm regards Tina