The role of tacit knowing in adherence to social norms

Authors

  • Ozgur Aydogmus
  • Hasan Cagatay Social Sciences University of Ankara
  • Erkan Gürpinar
  • Fuat Oguz

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.4013/fsu.2017.183.03

Abstract

This paper aims to contribute to the ongoing discussion on adherence to social norms. It considers insights from multiple research traditions in an effort to explain how individual learning and action are connected to social norms. One strand of philosophical tradition holds that non-representational learning and skillful coping carried out unconsciously are underestimated by both scientific and philosophical traditions. The present research combines this tradition with the literature on the evolution of social norms and suggests that experienced individuals in a society adhere to social norms better than novice agents do. We explain this phenomenon by unconscious and non-representational cognitive processes. This framework is then used to investigate population-level outcomes of individual learning.

Keywords: adherence to norms, expertise, skillful coping.

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Published

2017-12-13

How to Cite

AYDOGMUS, O.; CAGATAY, H.; GÜRPINAR, E.; OGUZ, F. The role of tacit knowing in adherence to social norms. Filosofia Unisinos / Unisinos Journal of Philosophy, São Leopoldo, v. 18, n. 3, p. 140–145, 2017. DOI: 10.4013/fsu.2017.183.03. Disponível em: https://revistas.unisinos.br/index.php/filosofia/article/view/fsu.2017.183.03. Acesso em: 11 may. 2025.

Issue

Vol. 18 No. 3 (2017): September/December

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