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The Tacit Dimension by Michael Polanyi; with a new foreword by Amartya Sen is a philosophy book available to read on EtoBox.
What is The Tacit Dimension about?
<p>“I shall reconsider human knowledge by starting from the fact that <i>we can know more than we can tell</i>,” writes Michael Polanyi, whose work paved the way for the likes of Thomas Kuhn and Karl Popper. <i>The Tacit Dimension</i> argues that tacit knowledge—tradition, inherited practices, implied values, and prejudgments—is a crucial part of scientific knowledge. Back in print for a new generation of students and scholars, this volume challenges the assumption that skepticism, rather than e
Who reads The Tacit Dimension?
It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.
Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Michael Polanyi; with a new foreword by Amartya Sen
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press; University of Chicago Press
- Published
- 2009
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780226672984
- Category
- philosophy
- Subjects
- Philosophy, Science, Religion & Science
- Rating
- 4.6 / 5 (81 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14
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