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Polyani
Reading (refer to the requirement of page 32) – Extract Three
Polyani, M., The Tacit Dimension, Petersmith, 1966 (ch.1 p3-25)
Polanyi claimed that his thinking commences from the truism that ‘we can know more than we can tell’ (4). Do you agree?
Yes, it is because it is hard to express by verbal means. It is through observation and experience that can acquire tacit knowledge.

Are you clear as to what Polanyi means by the ‘proximal’ and the ‘distal’?
‘proximal and distal’ are integrated to become an entity.

Are you convinced that human knowing works like this?
Through observation and gesture of a person, we can obtain explicit knowledge of the person concerned, rather by a conversation. Sometimes, one may not fully understand what the depth of one self is.

Is your
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Critical Realism
Activity 2.8
How close does critical realism actually come to describing the way that humanity in general, and you, in particular, understand, operate in or have knowledge of the world?
Critical realism is philosophical that is related to science and social world. It brings in the idea that human should explore the world with belief instead of ‘the doubts of scientism’.

V.1 Critical Realist Hermeneutics
Activity 2.9
If you have received theological training at more or less any academic institution, for example, you will almost certainly see this hermeneutical stance as something of a departure from much that you were taught. Is there a good thing to you think?
It is good to have philosophical argument or think out of the box.

Is it really a serious departure the old and a type of new emphasis?
It has been diverted away from the original trace, because the interpretation is bringing in a truth which is away from the traditional truth.

Would such a model of reading be more at home beyond academia in the communities of faith?
Such a model may be at home for those who accept the interpretation that has enlightened in their mind.

And what does that say about both

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