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Author Polanyi, Michael, 1891-1976.

Title The tacit dimension / Michael Polanyi ; with a new foreword by Amartya Sen.

Publication Info. Chicago ; London : University of Chicago Press, [2009]
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 University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Standard Shelving Location  121 P762T    Check Shelf
Description xix, 108 pages ; 20 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 103-104) and index.
Contents Acknowledgments -- Foreword -- Introduction -- 1. Tacit Knowing -- 2. Emergence -- 3. A Society of Explorers -- Notes -- Related Bibliography -- Index.
Summary This insightful book by Michael Polanyi was first published in 1966. It is based on his Terry Lectures delivered four years earlier, at Yale University. It is a deeply philosophical book, full of penetrating ideas, particularly about the knowledge of the world and the world of knowledge. The book, like other philosophical works of Polanyi, has received widespread attention and has generated a large literature.
Subject Knowledge, Theory of.
Science -- Philosophy.
Knowledge, Theory of. (OCoLC)fst00988194
Science -- Philosophy. (OCoLC)fst01108336
Erkenntnistheorie. (DE-588)4070914-0
Erkenntnistheorie.
Kunskapsteori.
Vetenskapsteori.
Added Author Sen, Amartya, 1933-
ISBN 9780226672984 (paperback; alk. paper)
0226672980
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