The Role of Information in Knowledge-How
Knowledge-how is the kind of knowledge implicated in skill employment and acquisition. Intellectualists claim that knowledge-how is a special type of propositional knowledge. Anti-intellectualists claim that knowledge-how is not propositional. We argue that both views face two open challenges. The f...
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| description | Knowledge-how is the kind of knowledge implicated in skill employment and acquisition. Intellectualists claim that knowledge-how is a special type of propositional knowledge. Anti-intellectualists claim that knowledge-how is not propositional. We argue that both views face two open challenges. The first challenge pertains to the relationship between informational states and motor variability. The second pertains to the epistemic function of practice that leads to skill (and knowledge-how). The aim of this paper is to suggest a general conceptual framework based on functional information with both intellectualist and anti-intellectualist features. Our proposal, we argue, avoids the above challenges, and can further the debate on knowledge-how and skill. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-bdb6d170357a43e8a3fd8b099a2777b62022-12-21T23:30:29ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Psychology1664-10782021-09-011210.3389/fpsyg.2021.634968634968The Role of Information in Knowledge-HowJonathan Najenson0Nir Fresco1Department of Philosophy, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, IsraelDepartment of Brain & Cognitive Sciences and Philosophy, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beersheba, IsraelKnowledge-how is the kind of knowledge implicated in skill employment and acquisition. Intellectualists claim that knowledge-how is a special type of propositional knowledge. Anti-intellectualists claim that knowledge-how is not propositional. We argue that both views face two open challenges. The first challenge pertains to the relationship between informational states and motor variability. The second pertains to the epistemic function of practice that leads to skill (and knowledge-how). The aim of this paper is to suggest a general conceptual framework based on functional information with both intellectualist and anti-intellectualist features. Our proposal, we argue, avoids the above challenges, and can further the debate on knowledge-how and skill.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.634968/fullknowledgeinformationskillmotor controlautomatization |
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| title | The Role of Information in Knowledge-How |
| title_full | The Role of Information in Knowledge-How |
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| title_full_unstemmed | The Role of Information in Knowledge-How |
| title_short | The Role of Information in Knowledge-How |
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| topic | knowledge information skill motor control automatization |
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