Overview
“I shall reconsider human knowledge by starting from the fact that we can know more than we can tell,” writes Michael Polanyi, whose work paved the way for the likes of Thomas Kuhn and Karl Popper. The Tacit Dimension argues that tacit knowledge—tradition, inherited practices, implied values, and prejudgments—is a crucial part of scientific knowledge. Back in print for a new generation of students and scholars, this volume challenges the assumption that skepticism, rather than established belief, lies at the heart of scientific discovery. “Polanyi’s work deserves serious attention. . . . [This is a] compact presentation of some of the essentials of his thought.”—Review of Metaphysics “Polanyi’s work is still relevant today and a closer examination of this theory that all knowledge has personal and tacit elements . . . can be used to support and refute a variety of widely held approaches to knowledge management.”—Electronic Journal of Knowledge ""The reissuing of this remarkable book give us a new opportunity to see how far-reaching—and foundational—Michael Polanyi's ideas are, on some of the age-old questions in philosophy.""—Amartya Sen, from the new Foreword
Full Product Details
Author: Michael Polanyi ,
Amartya Sen, FBA
Publisher: The University of Chicago Press
Imprint: University of Chicago Press
Edition: Revised ed.
Dimensions:
Width: 1.40cm
, Height: 0.10cm
, Length: 2.10cm
Weight: 0.170kg
ISBN: 9780226672984
ISBN 10: 0226672980
Pages: 128
Publication Date: 01 May 2009
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Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
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Reviews
Polanyi's work deserves serious attention.... This is a compact presentation of some of the essentials of his thought. - Review of Metaphysics Polanyi's work is still relevant today and a closer examination of this theory that all knowledge has personal and tacit elements... can be used to support and refute a variety of widely held approaches to knowledge management. - Electronic Journal of Knowledge Polanyi's account is one of the best we have of how science operates as both a cultural system and a reality-seeking empirical enterprise. The Tacit Dimension is a brilliant defense of both the autonomy of science and its reliance on inherited, unspoken background assumptions that make it possible for scientists to see or make out a vision of reality. - Richard Shweder, University of Chicago
Author Information
Michael Polanyi (1891-1976) was a Hungarian-British chemist and philosopher, a Fellow of the Royal Society, and a Fellow of Merton College, Oxford. He is the author of many books, including Science, Faith and Society and Personal Knowledge: Towards a Post-Critical Philosophy, both published by the University of Chicago Press.
