Extracted from their arguments, is a sense of necessary distinction between reason and sensation. What is claimed here is that information derived from unstructured systems is analogous to sensation. It is unstable, ever changeable. The straight empiricist, such as Locke or Berkeley, may be able to argue that such information is the core of knowledge. Yet, to the academic community we must argue that reason be the guiding force behind knowledge building.
Information serves as the stimulus for the process of knowledge building in that scenario.
The structure of the process is guided by an innate cognitive desire for rationality. A discussion of the possible philosophical grounding for knowledge building is outlined, yet it should be noted that literature in many other disciplines has examined the knowledge building process. Disciplines where such processes are of interest include cognitive psychology, organizational behavior and decision making. Models of human decision making behavior often fail to acknowledge complementary literature in philosophy, yet many of these models feature similar concerns and issues. Two examples of competing philosophical theories which explain the knowledge building process through explaining how beliefs are generated are Foundationalism and Coherentism.