Case study evidence for an irreducible form of knowing how to: An argument against a reductive epistemology

Philosophia

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 341-360

  Young, Garry ^a  

^a NOTTINGHAM TRENT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Intellectualism; Knowing how; Knowing that; Propositional knowledge; Reductive epistemology; Visual agnosia

Indexed keywords

EID: 65549106911     PISSN: 00483893     EISSN: 15749274     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11406-008-9169-x     Document Type: Article

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