Description: For sale is Personal Knowledge: Toeards a Post-Critical Philosophy by Brirish-Hungarian Michael Polanyi, who made important theoretical contributions to physical chemistry, economics, and philosophy. He argued that positivism is a false account of knowing. Personal Knowledge: Towards a Post-Critical Philosophy - 1958, Harper Torchbooks 1964. In this book Polanyi claims that all knowledge claims (including those that derive from rules) rely on personal judgments. He denies that a scientific method can yield truth mechanically. All knowing, no matter how formalized, relies upon commitments. Polanyi argued that the assumptions that underlie critical philosophy are not only false, they undermine the commitments that motivate our highest achievements. He advocates an approach, in which we recognize that we believe more than we can know, and know more than we can say. A knower does not stand apart from the universe, but participates personally within it. Our intellectual skills are driven by passionate commitments that motivate discovery and validation.
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Printing: 5th Printing
Book Condition: Good
Book Title: Personal Knowledge
Narrative Type: Nonfiction
Publisher: Harper Torchbooks
Place Published: Chicago, IL
Edition: Corrected Edition
Pages: 428
Publication Year: 1964
Cover: Paperback
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Author: Michael Polanyi
Genre: Philosophy
Topic: Philosophy
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
