Propositional knowledge
What Propositional knowledge means in Philosophy A-Level, as defined for AQA.
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Reference: AQA
Knowledge that something is the case, expressible in true statements such as knowing that red light has a wavelength of about 700 nm.
Knowledge that some claim p is the case, as opposed to knowing how to do something or being acquainted with a person.
Knowledge that something is the case, expressible in true statements.
Knowing that something is the case, expressed in a that-clause.
Topics that use Propositional knowledge
- Dualist theories (AQA A-Level)
- What is knowledge? (AQA A-Level)
Related terms
- Ability knowledge
- Acquaintance knowledge
- Argument evaluation
- Complete physical information
- Conceivability and possibility
- Consciousness and physicalism
- Counterexamples
- Critique of the zombie argument
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