Syracuse University
Department of Philosophy
PhD
Syracuse, New York, United States of America
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    On Amnesia and Knowing-How
    Techné: Research in Philosophy and Technology 12 (1): 36-47. 2008.
    In this paper, I argue that Stanley and Williamson’s 2001 account of knowledge-how as a species of knowledge-that is wrong. They argue that a claim such as “Hannah knows how to ride a bicycle” is true if and only if Hannah has some relevant knowledge-that. I challenge their claim by considering the case of a famous amnesic patient named Henry M. who is capable of acquiring and retaining new knowledge-how but who is incapable of acquiring and retaining new knowledge-that. In the first two section…Read more
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    Shop Class as Soulcraft
    Techné: Research in Philosophy and Technology 14 (2): 167-170. 2010.