# Covenental Epistemology From [[Esther Lightcap Meek]]. - Knowledge as information versus knowledge as transformation - Knowledge can't be quantized and subdivided, acquired etc - To gain knowledge, one has to adopt a pattern of attending combined with openness - Sometimes we call this "teachability" - do they want to learn - are they willing to be taught - The process of knowledge acquisition happens through SFI - focus on certain "subsidiaries" - details - discrete elements - eventually the details coalesce (integrate!) into a focal - once integration happens, you "indwell" the knowledge and it takes on a character of "from -> to" - you're in it - you've BECOME something - you have been changed/transformed - example of learning how to play tennis - lots of details - eventually those pass away - knowledge as information acquisition is ultimately about power, knowledge about transformation is about "serving the work", becoming the lover/beloved - Amateur - "for the love" - unifies different types of knowledge: - faith/truth - artistic/intellectual - intuitive/didactic - Are all propositional statements post-facto? - Why covenant?