The Republic Of Science by Michael Polanyi
Its Political and Economic Theory
An argument that scientific inquiry flourishes when organized as a self-governing community in which individual researchers, guided by intellectual autonomy and judged by their peers, pursue truth through free competition of ideas; it critiques bureaucratic and centrally planned control as inimical to discovery, stresses the importance of tacit personal knowledge and professional judgment, and argues that funding and institutional structures should protect scientists’ independence so science can produce reliable, cumulative progress.
- Published
- 1962
- Nationality
- British
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- Original Language
- English
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