| 单词 | knowledge by description |
| 释义 | > as lemmasknowledge by description c. knowledge by description: knowledge of a person, thing, or perception gained through information or facts about it rather than by direct experience (opposed to knowledge by acquaintance at Phrases 6a). ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > knowledge, what is known > [noun] > obtained from description knowledge-about1885 knowledge by description1911 1911 B. Russell in Proc. Aristotelian Soc. 11 127 We began by distinguishing two sorts of knowledge of objects, namely, knowledge by acquaintance and knowledge by description. Of these it is only the former that brings the object itself before the mind. 1938 Jrnl. Philos. 35 396 Carnap says that the distinction between knowledge by acquaintance and knowledge by description is no longer fundamental to his view. 1994 K. Swanwick Musical Knowl. i. 16 The difference between indirect propositional knowledge by description and that which is acquired and associated directly through musical experience. < as lemmas |
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