That's a huge subject in itself with a lot of debatable points and many foundational terms of art to be agreed upon. I was not very skillful in my reply and thanks for the opportunity to try to be more so.
My position here was not to go against the term cognition, but not to limit it to conceptualization, naming, internal narration, verbal communication - intellectual activity.
A dictionary definition of cognition is: the mental action or process of acquiring knowledge and understanding through thought, experience, and the senses.
Knowledge has to be accessible to consciousness,
I think so too.
and therefore must be a cognitive function, even if you are talking about knowledge as mere "awareness".
Cognitive as defined above, yes.
For example, you don't know your blood pressure or your blood sugar levels. This goes beyond mere "awareness" of such concepts. Knowing them implies having a cognitive idea if they are high, low, normal, etc.
It can, but you can also be aware that you're getting dizzy and will pass out unless you eat something. You can know this too, whether or not you know blood chemistry or the names or causes.
To put it back more relative to our context way back: the first time I fell in love I didn't what it was, but I knew I was having a very unusual experience physically and beyond. I told my best friend about it in detail and he said, "Oh, you're in love."
I knew, was cognitive of, love before I knew that was what the word love (could) mean.
That sounds more as "awareness" then knowledge (understanding). The terms itself comes from Latin, meaning to "learn" or acquire information without understanding. That's why we can say that animals "recognize" things but don't necessarily know (understand) what it is.
When I say I know how to solve this math problem, I mean to say that I understand the problem and how I can solve it. It's not just mere cognition (awareness) of the problem.
In other words, to me, comprehension is an integral part of knowing. If you don't comprehend something you don't know it. You are merely aware of it, or you recognize it.
It can, but you can also be aware that you're getting dizzy and will pass out unless you eat something
Dizziness, like headache, is not diagnostic, but indicative of a range of possible causes. Eating may not help someone who's dizzy because he is undergoing a stroke.
To put it back more relative to our context way back: the first time I fell in love I didn't what it was
How do you know it wasn't lust?