tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4073991368963140015.post6099079615114932108..comments2023-11-05T12:18:27.222+00:00Comments on Labour And Capital: Language and knowledgeTom Powdrillhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05511483398745094803noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4073991368963140015.post-43705395737403504532008-03-09T15:06:00.000+00:002008-03-09T15:06:00.000+00:00Hola other Tomhhmm... interesting one. maybe it's ...Hola other Tom<BR/><BR/>hhmm... interesting one. maybe it's because I am very sceptical about the extent of my own knowledge that I think a lot of "knowledge how" is "knowledge that".<BR/><BR/>I am also very taken by the idea that narratives are a big part of knowledge. Stories are a lot easier to remember (and indeed you can make it easier to remember things you need to by build them into a story). We might become increasingly skilled at knowing when to deploy a narrative (which may have the appearance of analysis, or understanding) but is deploying it in essence more than what a dog does when it sits when told to 'sit' because it know it will get a biscuit.<BR/><BR/>In appearance the dog 'knows' what the 'sit' command 'means', but I think most of us would agree that it is simply familiar with the format.<BR/><BR/>I really ought to read more in this area as I find it really intersting (if a bit hard work sometimes!)Tom Powdrillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05511483398745094803noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4073991368963140015.post-40444946661314884512008-03-08T13:18:00.000+00:002008-03-08T13:18:00.000+00:00To add a bit of babbling: there's another view, in...To add a bit of babbling: there's another view, in keeping with a Wittgensteinian take on 'language-games' and 'forms of life' that 'knowledge that' is really a form of 'knowledge how'.<BR/><BR/>So grasp of facts means you 'know how' to answer questions on the subject, to acquit yourself well in conversations, etc.<BR/><BR/>(I think W may well have explcitly made this point himself - it's been a long time since I last read any of his stuff and I can't quite remember.)Tom Freemanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02997295899017354602noreply@blogger.com