Personal Knowledge: Towards a Post-Critical Philosophy
Michael Polanyi explores how personal commitment and tacit understanding shape scientific knowledge, challenging the ideal of pure objectivity.
About This Book
Personal Knowledge examines how individuals come to know and understand the world through personal commitment and tacit understanding.
The book challenges the ideal of completely detached, objective knowledge in scientific inquiry.
It argues that all knowing involves the active participation of the knower.
Polanyi develops a post-critical philosophy that acknowledges the role of belief and personal judgment in the pursuit of truth.
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