Ethics often is called a practical philosophy because it hopes to teach us how to live better lives, at least as one of the earliest philosophers, Socrates, said. It is not just about learning about ...

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The debate over the nature of knowledge has long contended with the distinction between theoretical understanding (knowing that) and the capacity to perform tasks (knowing how). This research topic ...