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====== What is Knowledge? ====== ---- ===== Kinds of Knowledge ===== if we consider different ways of using the verb "to know", we can distinguish: - knowledge __that__ ... [+ a proposition/statement expressed in a sentence]\\ = 'propositional knowledge'\\ including: * "I know __when__ the sun rises" <- "I know __that__ the sun rises at 5.58" * "I know __where__ Nairobi is" <- "I know __that__ Nairobi is in Kenya"\\ \\ - knowledge __how to__ ... [+ a skill/activity expressed by a verb]\\ \\ - knowledge ... [+ an object/place/person represented by a noun]\\ = 'knowledge by acquaintance' cf. in French: //savoir// v. //connaitre//, or in German: //wissen// v. //kennen// BUT the different kinds of knowledge are not completely separate: * "I know __how to__ ride a bike" => "I know __that__ one puts the feet on the pedals" etc. * "I know John" (or similarly: "I know Kigali")\\ => "I know __that__ John is a boy"\\ => "I know __how to__ make him laugh"\\ etc. (-- need enough information to uniquely identify him, but what that is depends) ===== Kinds of Knowers ===== ===== A Definition ===== ===== The Eastern Conception of Knowledge =====
