PHIL 1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: Descriptive Knowledge, Horoscope
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Knowledge of true propositions; you can"t have false knowledge if you say you know something and it turns out to be false, then it wasn"t knowledge in the first place. Ex: socrates died in 299 bce wilbur is an adorable kitten . Some subject (s) that knows that (p) knows something in particular. The same proposition can be expressed in different languages. Belief as a relationship between a subject and a proposition; if it is true, then the belief is true and vice versa. Implying that you/he/she/it is acquainted with the subject. Can apply to concepts as well as people. If you have not met the person but you know a lot of info, then you have propositional knowledge. Augi has the ability to play the flute has the ability or has the potential can tell how it is that the flutist would play it but cannot play the instrument in the particular way.
