Varieties of Knowledge in Plato and Aristotle.

Chappell, Timothy

I develop the relatively familiar idea of a variety of forms of knowledge-not just propositional knowledge but also knowledge-how and experiential knowledge-and show how this variety can be used to make interesting sense of Plato's and Aristotle's philosophy, and in particular their ethics. I then add to this threefold analysis of knowledge a less familiar fourth variety, objectual knowledge, and suggest that this is also interesting and important in the understanding of Plato and Aristotle.

THEORY of knowledge; PLATO, 428-347 B.C.; ARISTOTLE, 384-322 B.C.; PHILOSOPHY; PHILOSOPHERS

Topoi: An International Review of Philosophy, 2012, Vol 31, Issue 2, p175

0167-7411

Academic Journal

10.1007/s11245-012-9125-z