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Three levels of naturalistic knowledge

Stephens, Andreas LU orcid (2019) In Synthese Library 405. p.59-75
Abstract
A recent naturalistic epistemological account suggests that there are three nested basic forms of knowledge: procedural knowledge-how, conceptual knowledge-what, and propositional knowledge-that. These three knowledge-forms are grounded in cognitive neuroscience and are mapped to procedural, semantic, and episodic long-term memory respectively. This article investigates and integrates the neuroscientifically grounded account with knowledge-accounts from cognitive ethology and cognitive psychology. It is found that procedural and semantic memory, on a neuroscientific level of analysis, matches an ethological reliabilist account. This formation also matches System 1 from dual process theory on a psychological level, whereas the addition of... (More)
A recent naturalistic epistemological account suggests that there are three nested basic forms of knowledge: procedural knowledge-how, conceptual knowledge-what, and propositional knowledge-that. These three knowledge-forms are grounded in cognitive neuroscience and are mapped to procedural, semantic, and episodic long-term memory respectively. This article investigates and integrates the neuroscientifically grounded account with knowledge-accounts from cognitive ethology and cognitive psychology. It is found that procedural and semantic memory, on a neuroscientific level of analysis, matches an ethological reliabilist account. This formation also matches System 1 from dual process theory on a psychological level, whereas the addition of episodic memory, on the neuroscientific level of analysis, can account for System 2 on the psychological level. It is furthermore argued that semantic memory (conceptual knowledge-what) and the cognitive ability of categorization are linked to each other, and that they can be fruitfully modeled within a conceptual spaces framework. (Less)
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Conceptual Spaces: Elaborations and Applications
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Synthese Library
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Kaipainen, Mauri ; Zenker, Frank ; Hautamäki, Antti and Gärdenfors, Peter
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405
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21 pages
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Springer International Publishing
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2542-8292
0166-6991
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978-3-030-12799-2
978-3-030-12800-5
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10.1007/978-3-030-12800-5_4
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Cognitive Epistemology
Cognitive Philosophy Research Group (CogPhi)
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English
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  author       = {{Stephens, Andreas}},
  booktitle    = {{Conceptual Spaces: Elaborations and Applications}},
  editor       = {{Kaipainen, Mauri and Zenker, Frank and Hautamäki, Antti and Gärdenfors, Peter}},
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  publisher    = {{Springer International Publishing}},
  series       = {{Synthese Library}},
  title        = {{Three levels of naturalistic knowledge}},
  url          = {{https://lup.lub.lu.se/search/files/57612505/Three_levels_of_naturalistic_knowledge_Preprint.pdf}},
  doi          = {{10.1007/978-3-030-12800-5_4}},
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