Meaning by Michael Polanyi
Argues that human knowing is essentially personal and tacit rather than wholly explicit or mechanistic, claiming that meaning arises through a participatory process of "indwelling" in which subsidiary and focal awareness are integrated; it defends the reality and necessity of belief, tradition, and fiduciary commitments for scientific discovery and intellectual life, shows how art, science, and religion each disclose aspects of reality through personal commitment, and challenges positivist and reductionist accounts by insisting that a full understanding of knowledge and human existence requires acknowledging tacit dimensions, creative judgment, and the irreducible role of values.
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- 1975
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- British
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- Original Language
- English
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