At modellere tavs viden

Abstract

The widely accepted distinction between automatic and controlled processes is briefly reviewed, and it is stressed that several modern general framework theories of human cognitive performance share the dual architecture position underlying this distinction. A broad concept of tacit knowledge is presented in relation to characterisations of explicit and implicit knowledge. Two distinctions are made within the wider concept of tacit knowledge: between background knowledge and context knowledge; and between non-representational knowledge (perceptual and sensori-motor skills) and the knowledge imbedded in the global interconnectedness of knowledge structures. The paper concludes with some briefremarks on the prospects of modelling tacit knowledge.