Post on 14-Feb-2017
Knowledge
All swans are white.
Idris Elba is hench.
All penguins are black and white.
Types of Knowledge
For each, what’s the key question?• Acquaintance Knowledge = ?– Knowing…
• Ability Knowledge =? – Knowing…– a.k.a. procedural knowledge
• Propositional Knowledge =?– Knowing…
WHO
HOW
THAT
Definition
• “propositional knowledge is the type of knowledge that is, by its very nature, expressed in declarative sentences or indicative propositions” (Wikipedia)
• Propositional knowledge is knowledge that can be expressed in the form ‘I know that X’, where X is any proposition of the form A is B.