Philosophy / Unit 2 Philosophy 0045 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Propositional Knowledge
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The idea
Propositional knowledge is knowledge that something is the case—distinct from knowing how to do something or knowing a person or place.
In practice
Knowing that Nairobi is Kenya's capital, knowing how to ride a bike, knowing your neighbor: three different achievements.
Where people slip
Epistemology's classic questions target the first kind. Keep the three separate or the debates blur.
Your place on the trail
Every lesson rests on earlier ones and opens later ones. Tap any to jump.
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