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A document summarising the AQA A-level topic: Definition of Knowledge. Including definitions of terms, key theories discussed, and criticisms that are integral in exams.
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Definition of Knowledge Revision DocumentWhat are the types of knowledge?
Propositional Acquaintance Ability
● Knowledge that… ● Knowledge of… ● Knowing how…
● Knowing that some ● Having direct ● Also known as skill,
propositions true experiential access to competence, and tacit
● E.g. knowing that an object or knowledge
London is the capital perception ● Can be unconscious,
of england ● E.g. knowing of a e.g. knowing how to
● A proposition is what person, place, or thing ride a bike
is expressed by a ● Can be conscious,
declarative statement e.g. knowing how to
(the meaning of an programme a
assertoric sentence) computer
How does the tripartite definition of knowledge attempt to provide a complete analysis of propositional
knowledge?
Conditions Individual Necessity (cannot have knowledge
without it)
● Justified ➔ If your belief is not justified you do not
know the proposition
● True ➔ If the proposition is false you do not
know it
● Belief ➔ If you do not believe that… then you
do not know the proposition
★ Knowledge is ‘true belief accompanied by a rational account’ - Plato
Joint Sufficiency - you do not need anything other than JTB
JTB is knowledge & knowledge is JTB
Are the conditions individually necessary?
Conditions Problem with Individual Response to Problem
Necessity
● Justified ➔ We use the word ➔ Knowledge isn’t just
‘know’ without caring practical, it has
about justification- theoretical purpose
simply referring to a ➔ Having a reason for
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