| Description |
xiii, 262 pages ; 24 cm |
| Series |
Problems in contemporary philosophy ; v. 49 |
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Problems in contemporary philosophy ; v. 49
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| Contents |
Pt. I. Michael Polanyi's Tacit Knowledge, Reality, Truth and Science -- Introduction: Polanyi on Science as Theory and Practice. 1. Polanyi's Theory of Tacit Knowledge. 2. Polanyi and the Role of the Tacit Component and of Belief in Truth assertions. 3. Polanyi, Realism, Truth and Science -- Pt. II. Polanyi and the Problem of Rationality of Science and its Philosophy. 4. Polanyi's Personal Knowledge: Towards and Beyond Kuhn's Conception of the Growth of Science. 5. Polanyi and Lakatos on the Metacriterion of Science. 6. Polanyi and Laudan's Accounts of the Theory of Inquiry Understood as Problem Solving Activity -- Conclusion: Reappraising Tacit Dimension, Evidential Support and Rationality |
| Notes |
Based on a Ph.D. thesis - London School of Economics and Political Sciences |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 241-254) and index |
| Subject |
Polanyi, Michael, 1891-1976.
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Science -- Philosophy.
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| LC no. |
00069061 |
| ISBN |
0889463255 |
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077347465X |
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