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Tacit and Explicit Knowledge

Paperback • 2012 • English

Tacit and Explicit Knowledge

By Harry Collins

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About the book

Much of what we know we cannot say. And much of what we do we cannot describe. For example, how do we know how to ride a bike when we can't explain how we do it? These abilities, which we are unable to articulate, were labeled "tacit knowledge" by chemist and philosopher Michael Polanyi, but here Harry Collins analyzes the term, and the behavior, in much greater detail, often departing from Polanyi's treatment. In "Tacit and Explicit Knowledge", Collins develops a common conceptual language to b...Show more

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9780226004211

Publisher

University of Chicago Press

Published year

2012

Language

English

Original title

Tacit and Explicit Knowledge

Format

Paperback

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