تَخْصِيصِ الْعِلْمِ بِالْمُرَكَّبَاتِ، وَالْمَعْرِفَةِ بِالْبَسَائِطِ
Restricting ʿilm to composites and maʿrifah to simple objects of understanding.
Under one technical convention, ʿilm names cognition involving connected components or a proposition, while maʿrifah refers to apprehending a simple object or meaning. For instance, “the human is a rational animal” involves a constructed judgment, whereas recognizing Zayd may be classified under maʿrifah.
This is a choice of terminology, not proof of a newly discovered sense or rational faculty. Other schools can use the two terms more generally without changing the underlying sources through which evidence and understanding are obtained.