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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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
| Language Notes: | English. |
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New York :
Oxford University Press,
©2011.
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | 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. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xiv, 401 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| ISBN: | 9780199909582 019990958X 9780199932368 0199932360 1283427893 9781283427890 9786613427892 6613427896 |