Know How

Jason Stanley (Rutgers University, New Jersey)

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English

Oxford University Press
04 August 2011

Philosophy of language; Semantics; Ethics & moral philosophy; Cognition & cognitive psychology

The goal of inquiry is to acquire knowledge of truths about the world. In this book, Jason Stanley argues that knowing how to do something amounts to knowing a truth about the world. When you learned how to swim, what happened is that you learned some truths about swimming. Knowledge of these truths is what gave you knowledge of how to swim. Something similar occurred with every other activity that you now know how to do, such as riding a bicycle or cooking a meal. Of course, when you learned how to swim, you didn't learn just any truth about swimming. You learned a special kind of truth about swimming, one that answers the question, 'How could you swim?' Know How develops an account of the kinds of answers to questions, knowledge of which explains skilled action. Drawing on work in epistemology, philosophy of mind, ethics, action theory, philosophy of language, linguistic semantics, and cognitive neuroscience, Stanley presents a powerful case that it is our success as inquirers that explains our capacity for skilful engagement with the world.

By: Jason Stanley (Rutgers University New Jersey)
Imprint: Oxford University Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 240mm, Width: 171mm, Spine: 24mm
Weight: 492g
ISBN: 9780199695362
ISBN 10: 0199695369
Pages: 214
Publication Date: 04 August 2011
Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational , A / AS level , Further / Higher Education
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Contents 1: Ryle on Knowing How 2: Knowledge-wh 3: PRO and the Representation of First-Person Thought 4: Ways of Thinking 5: Knowledge How 6: Ascribing Knowledge How 7: The Cognitive Science of Practical Knowledge 8: Knowledge Justified Bibliography Index

Jason Stanley is Professor of Philosophy at Rutgers University, member of the Rutgers University Center for Cognitive Science, and an Associate Faculty member of the Rutgers University Department of Linguistics. He is also a quarter-time Professorial Fellow at the University of St. Andrews. He has previously held positions at the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor and Cornell University. He was born in 1969 in Syracuse, New York.

Reviews for Know How

rich and insightful Kent Bach, Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews a remarkable book Mark Schroeder, University of Southern California Stanleys work presents a diligent analysis of knowledge how, viewed as a variety of knowledge that. Marek Lechniak, Forum Philosophicum