Monday, June 20, 2011

knowledge

     There are at least five possible sources of knowledge.

          1 all sources of authority such as tv,radio,newspapers,parents,teachers and friends etc.

          2 reason,the power of thought

          3 empiricism,our five senses

         4 intuition,the power of attaining direct knowledge without rational thought

        5 tacit knowledge  
                Explicit knowledge is knowing "that"-all the facts you know.  Tacit knowledge is knowing how.
           There is no explicit knowledge on how to console a distressed friend or how to end a romantic relationship or how to resolve a moral disagreement. This involves tacit knowledge.