The Practice of Knowing and Knowing in Practices

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.