The Practice of Knowing and Knowing in Practices

Bengt Molander

ISBN 10: 3631669909 / ISBN 13: 9783631669907

Published by Peter Lang, Peter Lang Okt 2015, 2015

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Neuware -This book is a philosophical analysis of knowledge in practices, focused on knowing how, tacit knowledge and expert knowledge. Knowing in action is the key concept. It covers understanding, well-functioning routines as well as successful learning processes. It is argued that knowledge-in-action is more basic than propositional or theoretical knowledge. Key notions are knowing as a kind of attentiveness or a way of being in the world, knowing as continued learning, and knowledge as what leads people in the best way. The book is a contribution to the contemporary philosophical discussions about knowing how, tacit knowledge and expert knowledge. At the same time, it is written as an interdisciplinary and case-based introduction to the epistemology of knowing and learning. 316 pp. Englisch.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Practice of Knowing and Knowing in Practices
• Publisher: Peter Lang, Peter Lang Okt 2015
• Publication Date: 2015
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3631669909
• ISBN 13: 9783631669907
• Binding: Buch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 216W x 153H x 22D millimeters 216 millimeters width by 153 millimeters height by 22 millimeters depth
• Weight: 523 grams

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Synopsis

This book is a philosophical analysis of knowledge in practices, focused on knowing how, tacit knowledge and expert knowledge. Knowing in action is the key concept. It covers understanding, well-functioning routines as well as successful learning processes. It is argued that knowledge-in-action is more basic than propositional or theoretical knowledge. Key notions are knowing as a kind of attentiveness or a way of being in the world, knowing as continued learning, and knowledge as what leads people in the best way. The book is a contribution to the contemporary philosophical discussions about knowing how, tacit knowledge and expert knowledge. At the same time, it is written as an interdisciplinary and case-based introduction to the epistemology of knowing and learning.

About the Author

Bengt Molander, Professor of Philosophy at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) in Trondheim, studied philosophy in Uppsala and Oxford. He has been a visiting scholar at the University of Konstanz, the University of Pittsburgh, Harvard University and the University of Cambridge.