Procedural knowledge

Procedural knowledge (also known as know-how, knowing-how, and sometimes referred to as practical knowledge, imperative knowledge, or performative knowledge) is the knowledge exercised in the performance of some task. Unlike <a href="/facts/Descriptive_knowledge/JMKfKmu7">descriptive knowledge</a> (also known as declarative knowledge, propositional knowledge or "knowing-that"), which involves knowledge of specific facts or propositions (e.g. "I know that snow is white"), procedural knowledge involves one's ability to do something (e.g. "I know how to change a flat tire"). A person doesn't need to be able to verbally articulate their procedural knowledge in order for it to count as knowledge, since procedural knowledge requires only knowing how to correctly perform an action or exercise a skill.
The term procedural knowledge has narrower but related technical uses in both <a href="/facts/Cognitive_psychology/GnzIgx2I">cognitive psychology</a> and <a href="/facts/Intellectual_property/PqHW9mVP">intellectual property law</a>.

Procedural knowledge open-in-new

Procedural knowledge