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Single Idea 24398

[catalogued under 11. Knowledge Aims / A. Knowledge / 6. Knowing How]

Full Idea

One of the most significant and characteristic kinds of know-how is the knowledge of how to operate at the level of theory - how to conure with theoretical knowledge-that over the range from obtaining it to using and conveying it.

Gist of Idea

A key form of knowing-how is knowing how to obtain and apply knowing-that

Source

Nicholas Rescher (Process Metaphysics [1996], 7.4)

A Reaction

A nice point (made by a pragmatist) that propositional and procedural knowledge are not sharply distinct. Knowing-how is not only a fully rational process, but it is continuously needed in abstract thinking and practical reason.

Book Reference

Rescher,Nicholas: 'Process Metaphysics' [SUNY 1996], p.133