A Critical Introduction to Knowledge-How

Dr J. Adam Carter, Professor Ted Poston (Autoren)

Buch | Softcover

256 Seiten

2018
Bloomsbury Academic (Verlag)
978-1-4725-1492-9 (ISBN)

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We know facts, but we also know how to do things. To know a fact is to know that a proposition is true. But does knowing how to ride a bike amount to knowledge of propositions? This is a challenging question and one that deeply divides the contemporary landscape. A Critical Introduction to Knowledge-How introduces, outlines, and critically evaluates various contemporary debates surrounding the nature of knowledge-how. Carter and Poston show that situating the debate over the nature of knowledge-how in other epistemological debates provides new ways to make progress. In particular, Carter and Poston explore the question of what knowledge-how involves, and how it might come apart from propositional knowledge, by engaging with key epistemological topics including epistemic luck, knowledge of language, epistemic value, virtue epistemology and social epistemology. New frontiers for research on knowledge-how are also explored relating to the internalism - externalism debate as well as embodied and extended knowledge.

A Critical Introduction to Knowledge-How provides an accessible introduction to the main arguments in this important and thriving debate suited for undergraduates and postgraduates in philosophy and related areas. A strength of the book is its methodology which places a premium on placing the debates over knowledge-how in a broader conversation over the nature of knowledge. This book also offers an opinionated discussion of various lines of argument which will be of interest to professional philosophers as well.

J. Adam Carter is Lecturer in Philosophy at University of Glasgow, UK. Ted Poston is an Associate Professor of Philosophy at the University of South Alabama, USA

1. Knowledge-How: A Brief Historical Overview
2. The Case of Intellectualism
3. Knowledge-How and Epistemic Luck
4. Knowledge-How and Cognitive Achievement
5. Knowledge-How and Testimony
6. Knowledge-How and Knowledge of Language
7. Knowledge-How: Normativity and Epistemic Value
8. Knowledge-How: Future Directions
Bibliography
Index

Erscheinungsdatum	16.03.2018
Reihe/Serie	Bloomsbury Critical Introductions to Contemporary Epistemology
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	138 x 216 mm
Gewicht	326 g
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Allgemeines / Lexika
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Erkenntnistheorie / Wissenschaftstheorie
ISBN-10	1-4725-1492-0 / 1472514920
ISBN-13	978-1-4725-1492-9 / 9781472514929
Zustand	Neuware