Tacit knowledge arguments justify deference to tradition over rationalist justification

Evidence

Polanyi’s emphasis on tacit knowing led him to advocate for the decentralization of both civic and intellectual culture, but also to urge respect for established institutions and convictions that enabled such pro cesses to unfold, even if they could not be justifi ed using reason alone. — Angus Burgin, The Great Persuasion, 281

Categorization

• XREF: Links Polanyi’s tacit knowing to Oakeshott’s traditionalism and the broader conservative turn in MPS thought.