Aristotle on the Different Types of Knowledge by Gregory Salmieri (Aristotle's Theory of Knowledge)

In this lesson, Salmieri discusses Aristotle’s view of the types and degrees of knowledge. In particular, he explains what is distinctive about the type of knowledge that Aristotle calls epistēmē (scientific understanding) and relates it to Objectivism’s view of the importance of thinking in principle. He also introduces Aristotle’s concept of technē (art, craft or skill) and explains why Aristotle regards both technē and epistēmē as superior to mere experience.

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[DinkSmalwood]

Another great lecture from Dr. Salmieri!

[patrickcollins]

Aristotle had a unique ability to state the obvious when others around him were denying it (plato, not to name and shame)

[bretnetherton]

Awareness is known by awareness alone.

[jakelm]

4:00 the lecture note myth needs to be put to rest.

[science]

Aristotle is logic.
W.V.Quine is anti logic.

[Shozbt]

When I hit the “like” button, the total changed from 0 to 0. Hmmm.

[dicktracy]

The title seems a little misleading and can be confused with Kant's noumenal and phenomena (and Plato's equivalent of perfect forms. Or in modern terms "Analytic propositions are true or not true solely by virtue of their meaning, whereas synthetic propositions' truth, if any, derives from how their meaning relates to the world."

I do not think that Aristotle was or would have agreed with the distinction of analytic vs synthetic knowledge.