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I wouldn't call the skill to ride a bike "knowledge" even though English does conflate that which you know with that which you can do. The reason I want to mak
by chousuke 7y ago
I wouldn't call the skill to ride a bike "knowledge" even though English does conflate that which you know with that which you can do.
The reason I want to make the distinction explicit is that the conflation makes it easier for people to be confused about what they know; after all, they would "know" how to ride a bike, right? Yet, most people would probably be stumped (at least for a while) if you asked them what it actually takes to ride a bike.
You can be very skilled at something without having all that much knowledge about what you're doing.
- galaxyLogic 7y agoCorrect, I think. We don't really "know" much about how to ride a bike because we can't really explain it or teach to others by explaining it. It is a skill, not knowledge. Of course, words only mean what we intend them to mean. But we are striving to arrive at definitions of concepts which most people can readily agree on.
- yesenadam 7y agoWell, you and the GP might find it interesting to read Rationalism in Politics, where what you see as just correct and reality, he describes as a recent error/insanity that's infected the world. (I really can't do his argument justice here.)