Title: The tacit mode : Michael Polanyi's postmodern philosophy /
Authors: Gill, Jerry H.
Publisher: State University of New York Press,
Year: 2000
Subjects: Polanyi, Michael,
Abstract: The Tacit Mode exposes and explores the central insights in Michael Polanyi's major works. It focuses on his epistemological insights concerning tacit knowing, and explores their ramifications for philosophy, science, art, language, political theory, and religion. The notion of tacit knowledge reconstructs the modern concept of objectivity while avoiding the self-stultifying effects of "deconstructivist" postmodernism and puts Polanyi on the cutting edge of contemporary philosophy. --From publisher's description.
Contents: Introduction : Deconstructing modernism -- pt. 1. Locating the axis. The basis of modern thought ; The dynamics of cognitive experience ; The structure of knowledge ; Deconstructing deconstructionism -- pt. 2. Tracing the patterns. In science and political theory ; In language and education ; In art and religion ; Other interpretative insights -- Conclusion : Reconstructive postmodernism.