
Know-how as Competence
A Rylean Responsibilist Account- Authors:
- Series:
- Studies in Theoretical Philosophy, Volume 4
- Publisher:
- 01.04.2017
Summary
What does it mean to know how to do something? This book develops a comprehensive account of know-how, a crucial epistemic goal for all who care about getting things right, not only with respect to the facts, but also with respect to practice. It proposes a novel interpretation of the seminal work of Gilbert Ryle, according to which know-how is a competence, a complex ability to do well in an activity in virtue of guidance by an understanding of what it takes to do so. This idea is developed into a full-fledged account, Rylean responsibilism, which understands know-how in terms of the normative guidance and responsible control of one's acts. Within the complex current debate about know-how, this view occupies a middle ground position between the intellectualist claim that know-how just is propositional or objectual knowledge and the anti-intellectualist claim that know-how just is ability. In genuine know-how, practical ability and guiding intellect are both necessary, but essentially intertwined.
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Bibliographic data
- Publication year
- 2017
- Publication date
- 01.04.2017
- ISBN-Print
- 978-3-465-03880-1
- ISBN-Online
- 978-3-465-13880-8
- Publisher
- Klostermann, Frankfurt am Main
- Series
- Studies in Theoretical Philosophy
- Volume
- 4
- Language
- English
- Pages
- 330
- Product type
- Book Titles
Table of contents
- Titelei/InhaltsverzeichnisPages i - xii Download chapter (PDF)
- IntroductionPages 1 - 8 Download chapter (PDF)
- Chapter 1: Ryle on Know-how and Intelligence Download chapter (PDF)
- Chapter 2: Ryle on Intelligence and Intellect Download chapter (PDF)
- Chapter 3: Exercising Know-how Download chapter (PDF)
- Chapter 4: Intellectual Guidance Download chapter (PDF)
- Chapter 5: The Practical Nature of Know-how Download chapter (PDF)
- Chapter 6: The Cognitive Nature of Know-how Download chapter (PDF)
- Chapter 7: On 'Knows how to' Download chapter (PDF)
- Chapter 8: From Language to Intellectualism Download chapter (PDF)
- Chapter 9: Intellectualism in Practice Download chapter (PDF)
- ConclusionPages 293 - 296 Download chapter (PDF)
- BibliographyPages 297 - 316 Download chapter (PDF)
- Index of CasesPages 317 - 318 Download chapter (PDF)
- Index of PersonsPages 319 - 324 Download chapter (PDF)
- Index of SubjectsPages 325 - 330 Download chapter (PDF)




