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SUMMARY:Will Small\, Associate Professor\, Philosophy\, “Skill as Practical Knowledge”
DESCRIPTION:Will Small is Associate Professor of Philosophy. He works on questions of human agency and practical knowledge in the philosophy of action\, ethics\, and epistemology. He has written on the metaphysics and epistemology of intentional action\, the role of skill and know-how in intentional action\, the transmission of skill through teaching and training\, the metaphysics of practical abilities\, the logic and teleology of practical reasoning\, and the relationships between virtue\, skill\, and habit. He also has research interests in the history of analytic philosophy\, especially the works of Gilbert Ryle and Elizabeth Anscombe. He has been a Visiting Senior Research Fellow at the Forschungskolleg Analytic German Idealism (Universität Leipzig) and his work on virtue\, skill\, and habit has been funded by the Center for Ethics and Education and the Educating Character Initiative. He is preparing a book manuscript on skill as a form of practical knowledge while at the Institute. | Event post: https://las.uic.edu/events?page_id=22238
LOCATION:Institute for the Humanities\, 153 Behavioral Sciences Building 1007 W. Harrison St.  Chicago IL 60607
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