EPISTEMOLOGY: What is Knowledge Flashcards
What are the three types of knowledge?
Ability, Acquaintance, Propositional
What is Ability Knowledge?
Knowing how to do ‘X’ or being able to do ‘X’
What is an example of Ability Knowledge?
Knowing how to play guitar
What is Acquaintance Knowledge?
Knowing what it is like to experience something about ‘X’
What is an example of Acquaintance Knowledge?
Knowing how a dragon fruit tastes
What is Propositional Knowledge?
Knowing a fact about ‘X’
What is an example of Propositional Knowledge?
Knowing that the Philosophy rooms are in Bagnall
What is a proposition?
A claim about a state of affairs, distinct from a sentence/utterance of it or the actual state of affairs
What is a proposition framed as?
A true statement
What are the two types of definition?
Real and Artificial
What is a real definition based on?
Based on what something is made of
What is an artificial definition?
Created by us, not to do with what something is made of
