ABSTRACT

Think of the kind of practical knowledge that is possessed by a London bus driver, e.g. the knowledge that – “no, not that amount” (concretely demonstrated) – “but just this amount” (also concretely demonstrated) – of movement of the steering wheel will get us through “that aperture” (ostensively indicated). A knowledge that he is unable to “cash” in words. Then it is such real though inarticulable knowledge of limb posture and movement that we all of us have at any moment. These are the data of “body sense.”