"The
Dialectic of Knowledge" is notion my Jacques Lacan which describes the
manner in which knowledge, any form of knowledge, is organized. According to
Lacan knowledge is always dialectic by being organized in a set of oppositions
(Lacan took this notion from the structuralist thought). Lacan distinguishes Savoir,
knowledge, and Connaissance, consciousness. Knowledge is part of the Symbolic
Order while consciousness is associated with Imaginary
Order. This means that there is always an inner gap in everything we
know, and that all knowledge is always dis-knowledge and conscious and always
also mis-conscious.
Some additional books to help you better your understanding of Lacan's theory and terminology:
