"...the capacity to act, to live, more or less
successfully in the world, is more fundamental than
(propositional) knowledge. Put in Rylean terms,
'knowing how' is more fundamental than 'knowing that'
[26]. All our knowledge is but a development of our
capacity to act. Dissociated from life, from action,
knowledge stored in libraries is just paper and ink,
devoid of meaning. In this sense, problems of living
are more fundamental than problems of knowledge (which
are but an aspect of problems of living); giving
intellectual priority to problems of living quite
properly reflects this point [27]."
> - Can Humanity Learn to become Civilized?
> The Crisis of Science without Civilization
> (Published in Journal of Applied Philosophy 17,
> 2000, 29-44.)
> Nicholas Maxwell
> Emeritus Reader in Philosophy of Science at
> University College
> London
Giving intellect priority to living, rather than
just pure knowledge, therefore add in some know-how,
and that's the MoQ.
SA
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