The practice of knowing and knowing in practices / Bengt Molander.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Molander, Bengt, author.

Contributor:

Anne and Joseph Trachtman Memorial Book Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Knowledge, Theory of.

Physical Description:

315 pages ; 22 cm

Place of Publication:

Frankfurt am Main ; New York : Peter Lang Edition, [2015]

Summary:

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. Book jacket.

Contents:

Chapter 1 Knowledge and Learning: Some Examples 13

Introduction 13

The Cello Master Class 14

The Honour of "Work and the Practical Intellect 16

The School of Architecture, Quist and Petra 22

Being, Doing and Experiencing-Embodiment 27

Human Roles-the Order of Things 32

Chapter 2 Tacit Knowledge and Silenced Knowledge. The Body, Culture, Action-and Language 35

Introduction 35

Tacit Knowledge-an Ongoing Debate 37

The "Tacit" Is Everywhere-and Nowhere 42

And Yet There Is Much that Remains Unspoken-and Perhaps Unsayable 46

"The Expressions of the Tack" 1: the Body 50

An Excursus: Knowing That versus Knowing How 53

"The Expressions of the Tacit" 2: Culture 60

"The Expressions of the Tacit" 3: Action 62

Why All This Talk about Knowledge?-or: You Can Do More than You Know 65

...And Then There's Language 67

Chapter 3 Knowledge: A Search Without End 71

Introduction 71

Living Knowledge-Knowledge-In-Use 72

The Western Tradition of Knowledge 77

Living in the World 84

Enlightenment and the Critical Aspects of Knowledge 87

Knowledge of the Good and Doing Good 92

Knowledge Is Never on Its Own 96

Chapter 4 Dialogue-Conversation and Action 99

Introduction 99

The "Socratic" Dialogue 101

The Foundation of Knowledge: The Art of Bringing Knowledge into the World 104

The Limits of Scepticism 107

The "I" and the "We" 108

Text, Interpretation, Context-and the "In Between" 110

A Purely "Theoretical" Concept of Reason? 114

Knowledge Formation and the Destruction of Knowledge 116

Chapter 5 Human Action-Always on the Way 123

Introduction 123

Acting-Knowing How and Knowing What One Is Doing 126

The Reasons for Action: Questions and Answers 128

The Holistic Nature of Action 132

The Openness of Action 136

The Dependence of Action on Others 142

Conceptions of the Human Being 145

Knowing What One Is Not Doing and What One Has the Right Not to Know 148

Chapter 6 The Reflective Practitioner 151

Introduction 151

Technical and Practical Rationality 152

Knowledge and Reflection 157

Knowledge and Reflection as Conversation 165

Theories-in-Use 169

Teaching-and-Learning in Action 173

Constructing Worlds-and Finding Your Way in the World 178

Chapter 7 The Paths of Knowledge-Orientation and Control 183

Introduction 183

Knowledge and Interest 185

Technical Knowledge: Power and Representation 188

Orientation: Direction and Overview 191

Criticism: Method and Orientation 196

The Contexts of Knowledge 201

Modernity-Orientation and Disorientation 206

Chapter 8 To Be Continued-in Action: the Power and Openness of the Example 211

Introduction 211

Kuhn's Professional Scientist and Schön's Skilful Practitioner 214

Rules and Concepts Are Rooted in Action-and Examples 220

Examples: the Basis for Comparisons, for Finding Limits-and for Maintaining Openness 228

"Generalisation in Action" and Our Abstract World 233

Chapter 9 Two Sides of the Same Coin-Professional Knowledge and the Culture of Knowledge 237

Introduction 237

The Time and Rhythm of Knowledge 238

Research into Professional Knowledge 241

The Double Grasp: Routine and Expertise 246

Developing Certainty-"So That You Know What You Are Doing" 253

Knowledge Cultures and the Culture of Knowledge 261

Chapter 10 Participating in Knowledge-With Good Reason 263

Introduction 263

Knowledge in Action: Acting with Good Reason 267

Shared Knowledge and Undivided Responsibility 274

Knowledge in Action-Following Rules in a Skilful Way 280

Knowledge in Action: the Supreme Dialectic 286

Art as a Striving for the Best-Once Again 292

What Does an Epistemology Capture in Practice? 295.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 303-311) and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Anne and Joseph Trachtman Memorial Book Fund.

ISBN:

9783631669907

3631669909

OCLC:

919316277

Publisher Number:

99964952392