The history of scepticism is assumed by many to be the history of failed responses to a problem first raised by Descartes. This title engages with the work of canonical philosophers to show how themes that first emerged in the Hellenistic period are inextricably bound up with the historical development of scepticism.

Tacit knowledge is invoked in a wide range of intellectual inquiries, from traditional academic subjects like psychology, sociology and linguistics to more pragmatically orientated investigations into the nature and transmission of skills and expertise. Notwithstanding its apparent pervasiveness, the notion of 'tacit knowledge' is a complex and puzzling one. What is its status as knowledge and what is its relation to explicit knowledge? What does it mean to say that knowledge is tacit? Can it be measured? Recent years has seen growing interest from philosophers in understanding the nature of...