relevance
Sign in to saveAlso known as relevancy, materiality, bearing, pertinence, applicability, appositeness, appropriateness, salience
Relevance is the connection between topics that makes one useful for dealing with the other. Relevance is studied in many different fields, including cognitive science, logic, and library and information science. Epistemology studies it in general, and different theories of knowledge have different implications for what is considered relevant.
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Relevance is the connection between topics that makes one useful for dealing with the other. Relevance is studied in many different fields, including cognitive science, logic, and library and information science. Epistemology studies it in general, and different theories of knowledge have different implications for what is considered relevant.
== Definition == "Something (A) is relevant to a task (T) if it increases the likelihood of accomplishing the goal (G), which is implied by T."