9.26.2003
Tacit Knowledge
From Tacit Dimension, Polanyi (1966):
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...the notion of tacit "knowing": here, the outcome of the action is the focal, or proximal, point and the doing (achieving the outcome) is characterised as a distal process. Through practice, the attention of the doer is focused on the outcome rather than the means of achieving the outcome.
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