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