The Tacit Mode: Michael Polanyi's Postmodern Philosophy (SUNY series in Constructive Postmodern Thought) - Hardcover

Gill, Jerry H.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0791444295 ISBN 13: 9780791444290

Publisher: State University of New York Press, 2000

Synopsis

Explores the thought of twentieth-century philosopher Michael Polanyi.

The Tacit Mode exposes and explores the central insights in Michael Polanyi's major works. It focuses on his epistemological insights concerning tacit knowing, and explores their ramifications for philosophy, science, art, language, political theory, and religion. The notion of tacit knowledge reconstructs the modern concept of objectivity while avoiding the self-stultifying effects of "deconstructivist" postmodernism and puts Polanyi on the cutting edge of contemporary philosophy.

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About the Author

Jerry H. Gill is Professor of Philosophy at Pima Community College. He is the author of many books including, most recently, If a Chimpanzee Could Talk: And Other Reflections on Language Acquisition and Wittgenstein and Metaphor.

Edition details

• Publisher: State University of New York Press
• Publication date: 2000
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0791444295
• ISBN 13: 9780791444290
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 206