We have already seen that for Russell acquaintance is nonjudgmental or nonpropositional; to be acquainted with something is to be aware of it in a way that does not essentially involve being aware that it is so-and-so.
Russell and many other acquaintance theorists also take themselves to be acquainted with facts, i.e., with something's having some property at least mental facts (e.g., my being in pain, my desiring food, my experiencing red).
It is helpful to be acquainted with violence, because the past is violent.
It is, however, helpful to be acquainted with the antagonists' self-understanding.
So how is it the young private and yourself came to be acquainted?
Police said Nava and the victim did not appear to be acquainted before the party.
People have started to be acquainted with the European convention on human rights".
"I don't think you have to be acquainted with that kind of things," he said.
For instance, in order to get this cartoon of mine, you need to be acquainted with Hamlet's famous soliloquy.
A fear of brown envelopes is now familiar to anyone unlucky enough to be acquainted with Britain's benefit system.
Its very oral nature makes it impossible for one person to be acquainted firsthand with more than an extremely small part of this activity.
