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Personal Knowledge

Paperback • 2013 • English

Personal Knowledge

By Michael Polanyi

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About the book

In this work the distinguished physical chemist and philosopher, Michael Polanyi, demonstrates that the scientist's personal participation in his knowledge, in both its discovery and its validation, is an indispensable part of science itself. Even in the exact sciences, "knowing" is an art, of which the skill of the knower, guided by his personal commitment and his passionate sense of increasing contact with reality, is a logically necessary part. In the biological and social sciences this becom...Show more

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9781614275374

Published year

2013

Language

English

Original title

Personal Knowledge

Format

Paperback

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