TACIT KNOWLEDGE. THE EXPLICIT versus THE IMPLICIT: A NEW LOOK AT COGNITIVE AND SOCIAL FUNCTIONING OF MAN

• Authors: Magier E. , Chmielewska-Banaszak D.
• Languages of publication: PL

Abstracts

EN

The idea of 'tacit knowledge' is treated here as the most general descriptive notion defining processes taking place out of the human consciousness but having impact on human behaviour. Up to 1970s, this notion can be traced solely in Polanyi's writings. He argued that 'tacit knowledge' has a decisive role in a scholar's competence affecting, among other things, process of seeking and solving scientific problems . The role of non-verbal processes (although without mentioning them) in the development of scientific knowledge has been also addressed by Kuhn and Fleck. The paper deals with what is actual in cognitive and social psychology and is connected with the relationship between the open and the hidden in processes of information processing and social cognition. It is possible that in the near future the transfer of psychological knowledge on hidden processes into the realm of problems dealt with by Kuhn and Polanyi will occur.

Keywords

EN

NON-VERBAL PROCESSES; PSYCHOLOGICAL KNOWLEDGE TRANSFER; TACIT KNOWLEDGE

Discipline

• SCIENCE_OF_SCIENCE: SCIENCE OF SCIENCE

• Publisher: Science Studies Committee, Polish Academy of Sciences
• Journal: Zagadnienia Naukoznawstwa
• Year: 2004
• Volume: 40
• Issue: 4(162)
• Pages: 751-763
• Document type: ARTICLE

Contributors

author

Magier E.

author

Chmielewska-Banaszak D.

• E. Magier, Uniwersytet Zielonogórski, Instytut Pedagogiki Spolecznej, al. Wojska Polskiego 69, 65-762 Zielona Góra, Poland

Identifiers

CEJSH db identifier

04PLAAAA0023514