Three levels of naturalistic knowledge
(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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- Stephens, Andreas LU
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- 2019
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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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- scopus:85114726370
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- 0166-6991
- 2542-8292
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- 978-3-030-12800-5
- 978-3-030-12799-2
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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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