Project description
Do not underestimate the power of knowledge
Knowing what is true is valuable, but knowing how to act – practical knowledge – is essential for success. Yet, scholars across philosophy, cognitive science, and action theory disagree on what knowledge truly entails, and research remains fragmented. This theoretical deadlock limits our ability to understand and harness practical skills effectively. The EU-funded KNOW-HOW project seeks to change that. It will develop a unified framework explaining how knowledge shapes both action and judgment, revealing its role in performance and creditworthy control. By bridging human and artificial intelligence, KNOW-HOW promises to clarify a fundamental concept that underpins intelligent behaviour across disciplines and everyday life.
Objective
Knowing what is true is valuable, but practical knowledge – knowledge how to do things – is equally critical. Having such ‘know-how’ enables us to succeed in action, and achieve our goals. Currently, little consensus exists across philosophical and empirical disciplines about the nature of know-how and what is involved in exercising it. Research results are siloed across epistemology, action theory, philosophy of language, and cognitive science, and fundamental disagreement persists about whether research questions about know-how primarily concern cognitive processes or behavioral manifestations. These theoretical barriers hinder our ability to recognize and utilize know-how effectively.
KNOW-HOW aims to make a major advance here by developing a comprehensive framework for understanding know-how and its place in a wider web of concepts we rely on to understand and describe intelligent behavior across a range of activities we care about and depend on. A novel hypothesis to be explored is that know-how disposes us not just to success but to creditworthy control. This control, it is proposed, takes a theoretically unified form in both intentional action and judgment, revealing how know-how enhances performance in a structurally symmetrical way when we deliberate and when we act. With minimal metaphysical commitments, the framework applies to both biological and artificial intelligence, avoiding ad hoc explanations and preserving theoretical unification across areas of philosophy that have yet to benefit from each other's shared resources. KNOW-HOW will put our understanding of know-how on a new footing, impacting academic research across disciplines.
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G12 8QQ Glasgow
United Kingdom
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