Philosophy / Unit 6 Philosophy 0242 short lesson, about 20 seconds
The Ability Reply
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The idea
The ability reply to the knowledge argument: the scientist gains no new facts on seeing red—only new abilities: to recognize, imagine, and remember it. Know-how, not knowledge-that.
In practice
Reading everything about swimming, then swimming: something is acquired, and it fits in muscles, not in propositions.
Your place on the trail
Every lesson rests on earlier ones and opens later ones. Tap any to jump.
Unlocks
- Nothing yet depends on this.
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