Knowing how : essays on knowledge, mind, and action /

Knowledge how to do things is a pervasive and central element of everyday life. Yet it raises many difficult questions that must be answered by philosophers and cognitive scientists aspiring to understand human cognition and agency. What is the connection between knowing how and knowing that? Is kno...

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Weitere Titel:
Essays on knowledge, mind, and action
Hauptverfasser:
Bengson, John, Moffett, Marc A.
Weitere Verfasser:
Bengson, John (HerausgeberIn), Moffett, Marc A. (HerausgeberIn)
Format:
Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:
Englisch
Veröffentlicht:
Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, [2011]
Zusammenfassung:
Knowledge how to do things is a pervasive and central element of everyday life. Yet it raises many difficult questions that must be answered by philosophers and cognitive scientists aspiring to understand human cognition and agency. What is the connection between knowing how and knowing that? Is knowledge how simply a type of ability or disposition to act? Is there an irreducibly practical form of knowledge? What is the role of the intellect in intelligent action? This volume contains fifteen state of the art essays by leading figures in philosophy and linguistics that amplify and sharpen the
Umfang:
1 online resource (xiv, 401 pages)
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Description based upon print version of record.
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English
Bibliografie:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
0-19-045283-8
1-283-42789-3
9786613427892
0-19-990958-X
Schlagworte:
Knowledge, Theory of.
Act (Philosophy)
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