humanities.philosophy.objectivism

On Mar 19, 6:12 am, "Robert J. Kolker"
wrote:
> David Schwartz wrote:
>
> > She means that an implicit concept is knowledge that a person has
> > everything needed to form but simply hasn't formed yet. For example,
> > if you never pondered your own existence as a single entity, but have
> > functioned consciously at all, you have everything you need form "I
> > think therefore I am" even if you haven't yet.

> How would one know this? Can one know what he does not know?
>
> Bob Kolker

I'm not sure I understand your reply. Are you asking me how a person
acquires knowledge generally? In order to reach a conclusion that
constitutes knowledge, you have to do two things. First, you have to
acquire sensory information sufficient to reach the conclusion, then
you have to reach it. Implicit concepts are ones for which one has the
information but hasn't yet formed the concept, but could do so at any
time. Implicit knowledge is analogous for knowledge.

I haven't checked the reference in context yet to be absolutely sure,
but that is how Rand usually used terms like "implicit".

The knowledge is implicit in the information you already have, you
just haven't finished identifying it yet.

DS