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knowledge by acquaintance: a standalone construct

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Epistemology

direct awareness of an object without inference or knowledge of truths about it, contrasted with knowing things only through descriptions.

In epistemology, knowledge by acquaintance refers to direct awareness of an object without inference or knowledge of truths about it, contrasted with knowing things only through descriptions. This meaning comes from Russell (1911) in Proceedings of the Aristotelian Society.[1]

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awareness3 fields · 5 citationsjingle · one word, three constructs inference3 fields · 5 citationsjingle · one word, three constructs knowledge6 fields · 12 citationsjingle · one name, six constructs

References

Russell, B. (1911). V.: Knowledge by Acquaintance and Knowledge by Description. Proceedings of the Aristotelian Society, 11(1), 108-128. https://doi.org/10.1093/aristotelian/11.1.108

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