Everyman Revived: The Common Sense of Michael Polanyi

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Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing, 1995 - 215 sidor
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This lucid and accessible study of Michael Polanyi (1891-1976), the scientist of world repute who challenged the modern scientific view of truth, introduces Polanyi's trailblazing work and main ideas and demonstrates their continued value and meaning for today's world. Scott highlights the place of the creative imagination in science and shows the deadly effects of a mistaken understanding of science on our modern civilization.

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THE POWER OF IDEAS
1
EVERYMAN AND KNOWLEDGE
14
DISCOVERY
29
TACIT KNOWING
45
REALITY
63
TRUTH AND THE FREE SOCIETY
79
MORAL INVERSION AND THE UNFREE SOCIETY
96
A MANYLEVEL WORLD
114
MIND AND BODY
130
WHAT IS A PERSON?
142
THE POETS EYE
162
A MEANINGFUL WORLD
180
BIBLIOGRAPHY
200
INDEX
206
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Everyman Revived: The Common Sense of Michael Polanyi
Lady Drusilla Scott
Fragmentarisk förhandsgranskning - 1985

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Drusilla Scott first met Michael Polanyi in 1960 in Oxford, England, and carried on a close friendship with him until his death in 1976. A frequent contributor of articles to the Polanyi periodical Convivium and to Tradition and Discovery, she now lives and works in Aldeburgh, Suffolk, England.

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TitelEveryman Revived: The Common Sense of Michael Polanyi
FörfattareLady Drusilla Scott
Utgåvanytryck
UtgivareWm. B. Eerdmans Publishing, 1995
ISBN0802840795, 9780802840790
Längd215 sidor
  
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