Michael Polanyi
Subtitle: the art of knowing
By: Mark T. Mitchell.
Series: Library of modern thinkers
Publisher: ISI Books
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Wilmington, Del
Language: eng
Number of pages: 195
ISBN-13: 9781932236903; 9781932236910
Subjects: Polanyi, Michael, -- 1891-1976; Polanyi, Michael, -- 1891-1976 -- Criticism and interpretation; Philosophers -- Biography; Philosophy, Modern; Knowledge, Theory of
Genres: Biography.
Description: "In this book, Mark T. Mitchell reveals how Polanyi came to recognize that the roots of the modern political and spiritual crisis lay in an errant conception of knowledge that served to foreclose any possibility of making meaningful statements about truth, goodness, or beauty."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [171]-183) and index.
Table of contents: title: Life and times of Michael Polanyi; title: Economics, science, and politics; title: The tacit dimension: a new paradigm for knowing; title: Meaning, morality, and religion; title: Engaging Polanyi in the twentieth century and beyond.