Epistemic competence might be posterior to knowledge conceptually, however, while still prior metaphysically.
Ernest SosaIt is bad to want something that not even God could attain, especially when the impossibility becomes obvious.
Ernest SosaKnowledge in my view is a form of action. It involves endeavors to get it right, and more broadly it concerns aimings, which can be functional rather than intentional.
Ernest SosaAttempts are found in domains of human performance, such as sports, games, artistic domains, professional domains like medicine and the law, and so on. These feature distinctive aims, and corresponding competences. Archery, with its distinctive arrows and targets, divides into subdomains. Thus, competitive archery differs importantly from archery hunting.
Ernest Sosa