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Two distinct concepts of knowledge

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 November 2021

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Christina Starmans*
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Department of Psychology, University of Toronto, Toronto, OntarioM5S 3G3, Canada. [email protected]
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Abstract

The central claim in the target article is that representations of knowledge are more basic than representations of beliefs. However, the authors are blending together two distinct concepts of knowledge: “awareness” and “propositional knowledge.” Distinguishing these two concepts of knowledge clarifies how the developmental and comparative data fit within the philosophical literature.

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Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 44 , 2021 , e171
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Copyright © The Author(s), 2021. Published by Cambridge University Press

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