Embodied savoir-faire
knowledge-how requires motor representations
pp. 511-530
Résumé
I argue that the intellectualist account of knowledge-how, according to which agents have the knowledge-how to (upvarphi ) in virtue of standing in an appropriate relation to a proposition, is only half right. On the composition view defended here, knowledge-how at least typically requires both propositional knowledge and motor representations. Motor representations are not mere dispositions to behavior (so the older dispositionalist view isn’t even half right) because they have representational content, and they play a central role in realizing the intelligence in knowledge-how. But since motor representations are not propositional, propositional knowledge is not sufficient for knowledge-how.
Détails de la publication
Publié dans:
Dawid Richard (2017) A philosophical look at the discovery of the Higgs boson. Synthese 194 (2).
Pages: 511-530
DOI: 10.1007/s11229-015-0956-1
Citation complète:
Levy Neil, 2017, Embodied savoir-faire: knowledge-how requires motor representations. Synthese 194 (2), A philosophical look at the discovery of the Higgs boson, 511-530. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11229-015-0956-1.