The debate over the nature of knowledge has long contended with the distinction between theoretical understanding (knowing that) and the capacity to perform tasks (knowing how). This research topic ...

Philosophical Studies: An International Journal for Philosophy in the Analytic Tradition, Vol. 175, No. 9 (September 2018), pp. 2309-2329 (21 pages) Is knowledge-how, or "practical" knowledge, a ...

This idea was put forth by Wang Fuzhi (1619-1692), Huang Zongxi (1610-1695) and Gu Yanwu, all thinkers of the 17th century. They held that scholarly studies should be geared to meeting current needs, ...

[Jennifer Hornsby] The central claim is that the semantic knowledge exercised by people when they speak is practical knowledge. The relevant idea of practical knowledge is explicated, applied to the ...

Albert Einstein once said, “The only source of knowledge is experience.” Today, we need to encourage our young minds to be thinkers and solution providers. They ought to be curious, challenge the norm ...

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