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A Little Manual for Knowing
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Esther Meek's 'A Little Manual for Knowing' provides a compact introduction to epistemology, focusing on the concept of tacit knowing as developed by Michael Polanyi.
The book challenges traditional, detached views of knowledge, emphasizing the role of personal engagement and commitment in understanding reality.
Meek explores how we rely on embodied skills, trust, and authoritative guidance to make sense of the world.
Through accessible language and practical examples, the book invites readers to embrace a more relational and participatory approach to knowledge.
The manual encourages readers to recognize the importance of both personal and communal dimensions of knowing.
The book challenges traditional, detached views of knowledge, emphasizing the role of personal engagement and commitment in understanding reality.
Meek explores how we rely on embodied skills, trust, and authoritative guidance to make sense of the world.
Through accessible language and practical examples, the book invites readers to embrace a more relational and participatory approach to knowledge.
The manual encourages readers to recognize the importance of both personal and communal dimensions of knowing.
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Dr. Dru Johnson
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Embodied Knowing: Polanyi, Scripture, and the End of the Mind-Body Divide (Dru Johnson) Ep. #243
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46. Inviting the Real, with Esther Lightcap Meek, author of A Little Manual for Knowing
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Tacit Knowledge in Crisis (Krisztina Mair, Lecturer in Philosophy, Ethics, and Apologetics, Oak Hill College)
