In an earlier Chapter I suggested that the distinction between knowledge by acquaintance and knowledge by description is that between direct and indirect knowledge.1 Knowledge by acquaintance is a matter of the direct cognitive awareness of some one. Knowledge by description is a matter of indirect ...
These expressions usually mark a distinction between knowing things (for example knowing Peter) and knowing about things (for example knowing that Peter is tall). KnowledgeSpringer Berlin HeidelbergRUSSELL, B. (1911): "Knowledge by Acquaintance and Knowledge by Description". En Russell (2009), pp...
Acquaintance,_Knowledge,_and_Description_in_RussellRussell'sfoundationalisticprograminepistemologyincorporatedtheprinciplethatpropositionalknowledgeisdependent,andsomehowbasedon,objectualknowledge,i.e.onknowledgeoftheconstituentsoftheproposition.Thiswasaconsequenceofamoreradicalposition,whichconstruedtheveryunderstandingofapro...
Knowledge by acquaintance is knowledge acquired by "hands-on" experience rather than acquaintance through reading a description. For instance, you are out camping and try to build a fire. If you have done this before it's easy to light some kindling and let the fire start which you follow...
Knowledge by Acquaintance vs. Description (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy/Spring 2008 Edition) KBAV Description - 《Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy》 被引量: 0发表: 2004年 Knowledge by Acquaintance and Knowledge by Description This article has no associated abstract. ( fix it ) B Russell ...
In regard to one man's knowledge at a given time, universals, like particulars, may be divided into those known by acquaintance, those known only by description, and those not known either by acquaintance or by description. Let us consider first the knowledge of universals by acquaintance. It...
1.acquaintance with facts, truths, or principles. 2.familiarity or conversance, as by study or experience:a knowlege of human nature. 3.the fact or state of knowing; clear and certain mental apprehension. 4.awareness, as of a fact or circumstance. ...
Various ideas related to the concept of tacit knowledge have been articulated, such as Ryle’s differentiation between "knowing-how" and "knowing-that" [23, 24] and Russell’s contrasting of knowledge by acquaintance and knowledge by description [25]. Anthropologists often implicitly recognize the...
As a rule, everyday knowledge is limited to the statement and description of facts. Scientific knowledge ascends to the level of explanation of facts and their comprehension in a system of concepts of a given science; it is included within a theory. The essence of scientific knowledge consists...
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