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Knowing what to do.

Authors :
Jerzak, Ethan
Kocurek, Alexander W.
Source :
Nous. May2024, p1. 31p. 2 Charts.
Publication Year :
2024

Abstract

Much has been written on whether practical knowledge (knowledge‐how) reduces to propositional knowledge (knowledge‐that). Less attention has been paid to what we call <bold>deliberative knowledge</bold> (knowledge‐to), i.e., knowledge ascriptions embedding other infinitival questions, like <italic>where to meet</italic>, <italic>when to leave</italic>, and <italic>what to bring</italic>. We offer an analysis of knowledge‐to and argue on its basis that, regardless of whether knowledge‐how reduces to knowledge‐that, no such reduction of knowledge‐to is forthcoming. Knowledge‐to, unlike knowledge‐that and knowledge‐how, requires the agent to have formed certain conditional intentions. We discuss the philosophical implications for knowledge‐how, deliberative questions, and virtue. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
00294624
Database :
Academic Search Index
Journal :
Nous
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
177078357
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1111/nous.12503