{"id":810,"date":"2024-01-12T10:11:26","date_gmt":"2024-01-12T18:11:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/arilive.aynrand.org\/?p=810"},"modified":"2024-01-12T10:11:26","modified_gmt":"2024-01-12T18:11:26","slug":"aristotle-on-the-different-types-of-knowledge-by-gregory-salmieri","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arilive.aynrand.org\/index.php\/2024\/01\/12\/aristotle-on-the-different-types-of-knowledge-by-gregory-salmieri\/","title":{"rendered":"Aristotle on the Different Types of Knowledge by Gregory Salmieri"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n<p>In this lesson, Salmieri discusses Aristotle\u2019s view of the types and degrees of knowledge. In particular, he explains what is distinctive about the type of knowledge that Aristotle calls epist\u0113m\u0113 (scientific understanding) and relates it to Objectivism\u2019s view of the importance of thinking in principle. He also introduces Aristotle\u2019s concept of techn\u0113 (art, craft or skill) and explains why Aristotle regards both techn\u0113 and epist\u0113m\u0113 as superior to mere experience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This course includes a handout: https:\/\/courses.aynrand.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Greg_Salmieri-Aristotles_Theory_of_Knowledge.pdf<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Lesson 1 of 3 in &#8220;Aristotle&#8217;s Theory of Knowledge&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Copyright \u00a9 1985 \u2013 2024 The Ayn Rand Institute (ARI). Reproduction of content and images in whole or in part is prohibited. All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In this lesson, Salmieri discusses Aristotle\u2019s view of the types and degrees of knowledge. In particular, he explains what is distinctive about the type of knowledge that Aristotle calls epist\u0113m\u0113 (scientific understanding) and relates it to Objectivism\u2019s view of the importance of thinking in principle. He also introduces Aristotle\u2019s concept of techn\u0113 (art, craft or&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"audio","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[781,200,439,330,332,12,113],"class_list":["post-810","post","type-post","status-publish","format-audio","hentry","category-podcast","tag-ancient-greece","tag-aristotle","tag-epistemology","tag-greece","tag-knowledge","tag-philosophy","tag-reason","post_format-post-format-audio"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/arilive.aynrand.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/810","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/arilive.aynrand.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/arilive.aynrand.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arilive.aynrand.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arilive.aynrand.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=810"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/arilive.aynrand.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/810\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":811,"href":"https:\/\/arilive.aynrand.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/810\/revisions\/811"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/arilive.aynrand.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=810"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arilive.aynrand.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=810"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arilive.aynrand.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=810"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}