When people start to put things, like the aquisition of knowledge, into these neat little categories, my brain gets overloaded, and gets ready to erupt.
Personally, I have a much more simplistic view of knowledge, rather than one revolving around complex definitions.
Anyway, I hold that all knowledge has its ultimate origins within our perceptions, that is, the way we are seeing and perceiving things, or in other terms, our focus, determines our reality, everything in reality being relative to the reference point of the observor.
Therefore, in my theory, if you wish to aquire the knowledge of all things, it follows that we need to open our eyes and awaken to each end every dimensional perspective of the creation, to be able to look at things from all angles, and even turn the Universe itself on its head. What I seek is surpeme omnipotence, not just a harmonious knowledge with the natural world. Then, with our knowledge, we must bring this harmony under our control, this being the way of power, what I believe to be the ultimate virtue.
I guess what I said is not completely related to the OP, but to say something more relevant, I have seen some forum members say that dedective reasoning falls more in line with functions like Ti and Ne, while inductive reasoning is favored more by Te and Ni. I could though, of course, be completely wrong about this, and frankly I don't even understand why these functions would favor these particular types of reasoning, let alone understand the basic principles of the reasoning thereof. If you are interested, seek someone who has more knowledge than I do which, ironically, was the theme of this thread, the aquisition of knowledge, so inquire away from, like I said, all sources conceivable.