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Full Idea
Knowing-that is a much richer kind of knowing-how.
Gist of Idea
Knowing-that is a much richer kind of knowing-how
Source
Robert van Gulick (Mirror Mirror - Is That All? [2006], §II)
Book Ref
'Self-Representational Approaches to Consciousness', ed/tr. Kriegel,U /Williford,K [MIT 2006], p.21
A Reaction
This thought could rather rapidly revive the discredited notion of knowing-how. I think it might slot into an account of the mind in terms of levels, so that my internalist view of knowledge emerges at higher levels, built on more basic responses.
9324 | From the teleopragmatic perspective, life is largely an informational process [Gulick] |
9319 | Is consciousness a type of self-awareness, or is being self-aware a way of being conscious? [Gulick] |
9320 | Higher-order theories divide over whether the higher level involves thought or perception [Gulick] |
9321 | Higher-order models reduce the problem of consciousness to intentionality [Gulick] |
9322 | Maybe qualia only exist at the lower level, and a higher-level is needed for what-it-is-like [Gulick] |
9326 | Knowing-that is a much richer kind of knowing-how [Gulick] |
9325 | In contrast with knowledge, the notion of understanding emphasizes practical engagement [Gulick] |
9327 | Organisms understand their worlds better if they understand themselves [Gulick] |