摘要：The dominant view of the Western intellectual tradition, or perhaps more accurately, the continental European
tradition, emphasizes the primacy of the universal over the particular when it comes to understanding the nature
of knowledge. This preoccupation with the universal is undermined by the theory of tacit knowing which
underlines the mediation of the universal and the particular with an emphasis on the latter, that is, the
particular. An analysis of Kant’s notions of determinative and reflective judgment reveals that he grounds each
in tacit processes, privileging the role of particular examples or exemplars. Structural similarities between
Kant’s judgments of taste and Polanyi’s notion of personal knowledge illuminates Polanyi’s surprising claim
that ”The very nature of knowledge is in the Third Critique, not in the First Critique.”
