Editing Tacit knowledge (section)

==== Embodied knowledge ====
Tacit knowledge has been described as “[[know-how]]” as opposed to “know-what” ([[fact]]s).<ref name=":2">{{Cite web|title=Tacit and Explicit Knowledge {{!}} Key Concepts in Information and Knowledge Management|url=https://www.tlu.ee/~sirvir/Information%20and%20Knowledge%20Management/Key_Concepts_of_IKM/tacit_and_explicit_knowledge.html|access-date=2021-04-15|website=www.tlu.ee}}</ref> This distinction between “know-how” and “know-what” is considered to date back to a 1945 paper by [[Gilbert Ryle]] given to the [[Aristotelian Society]] in London.<ref name="Ryle">{{cite journal |last1=Ryle |first1=Gilbert |title=Knowing How and Knowing That: The Presidential Address |journal=Proceedings of the Aristotelian Society |date=1945 |volume=46 |pages=1–16 |doi=10.1093/aristotelian/46.1.1 |jstor=4544405 }}</ref> In his paper, Ryle argues against the ([[Intellectualism|intellectualist]]) position that all knowledge is knowledge of [[Proposition]]s (“know-what”), and therefore the view that some knowledge can only be defined as “know-how”. Ryle's argument has, in some contexts, come to be called "[[Anti-intellectualism|anti-intellectualist]]". There are further distinctions such as "know-why" (science) or "know-who" (networking).{{Citation needed|date=August 2012}}

Tacit knowledge involves learning and skill but not in a way that can be written down. On this account, knowing-how or “embodied knowledge”<!--boldface per [[WP:R#PLA]]--> is characteristic of the expert, who acts, makes judgments, and so forth without explicitly reflecting on the principles or rules involved. The expert works without having a theory of his or her work; he or she just performs skillfully without deliberation or focused attention.<ref name="Schmidt" /> Embodied knowledge represents a learned capability of a human body's [[nervous system|nervous]] and [[endocrine system]]s.<ref name="40Sensky">{{cite journal |last=Sensky |first=Tom |title=Knowledge Management |journal=Advances in Psychiatric Treatment |year=2002 |volume=8 |issue=5 |pages=387–395 |doi=10.1192/apt.8.5.387 |doi-access=free }}</ref>