Tacit and Explicit Knowledge

by Harry Collins

Book Overview

Much of what humans 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? Abilities like this were called "tacit knowledge" by physical 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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 022600421X
• ISBN13: 9780226004211
• Release Date: December 2012
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 200 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.9" x 8.9"