Knowledge-How, Ability, and Linguistic Variance

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ID12881693
AuthorsMasaharu Mizumoto (0000-0002-3138-9288, Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, corresponding author)
Year2024
Volume22
Issue2
Pages492-514
Publication date2024-03-25
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueEPISTÉMÈ (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1976-9660 • E-ISSN: 1750-0117
PublisherCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1017/epi.2024.9
OpenAlexW4393147830
LanguageEN
References cited34

In this paper, we present results of cross-linguistic studies of Japanese and English knowing how constructions that show radical differences in knowledge-how attributions with large effect sizes. The results suggest that the relevant ability is neither necessary nor sufficient for knowledge-how captured by Japanese constructions. We shall argue that such data will open up a gap between otherwise indistinguishable two conceptions of the very topic of knowledge-how, or the debate between intellectualism and anti-intellectualism, namely a debate about the nature of knowledge-how and a debate about the state captured by “know how”, which we call the knowledge-how interpretation and the state interpretation, respectively. Consequently, the results have not only various possible philosophical implications that have not been considered or discussed in the literature but also provide new topics in the theory of knowledge-how, including the question of which interpretation of the topic is correct itself

Business · Linguistics · Natural language processing · Variance (accounting · Computer Science · Philosophy · Psychology · Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation

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