The Practice of Knowing and Knowing in Practices - Hardcover

Molander, Bengt

 
9783631669907: The Practice of Knowing and Knowing in Practices
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 3631669909 ISBN 13: 9783631669907
Publisher: Peter Lang AG, 2015

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.

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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.

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Publisher
Peter Lang AG
Publication date
2015
Language
English
ISBN 10 
3631669909
ISBN 13 
9783631669907
Binding
Hardcover
Number of pages
315