Synopsis
An epistemology arguing that we know more than we can tell, and that all knowledge rests on an unspoken, personal tacit foundation.
Core passage idea
Paraphrase · Modern copyrighted workWe know more than we can tell, because all explicit knowledge depends on a tacit background of skills and judgments we cannot fully put into words.
It challenges the ideal of fully explicit, impersonal knowledge by showing that even science relies on unarticulated personal understanding.
To avoid a bubble
Pair with Michael Oakeshott, Rationalism in Politics.
Reading note
Read it as a short, dense lecture series; the concept of tacit knowing carries political weight against centralized planning and rationalism.
Best paired with
Michael Oakeshott, Rationalism in Politics