What is knowledge?

Epistemology

Epistemology covers; theories of perception - what we learn through our senses, innatism - when we are born we have knowledge, empiricism - we are born tabula rasa and we learn through experience, knowledge through reason - we can come to knowledge from thinking (Descartes), and skepticism - can we ever know anything?

→ Types of knowledge ←

Ability

I know how…

“I know how to ride a bike”

Acquaintance

I know of him…

“In cognitive contact to reality” - Zagzebski

“I know Jake”

Propositional

I know that…

“In cognitive contact to reality” - Zagzebski

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