{"product_id":"the-tacit-dimension-9780226672984","title":"The Tacit Dimension","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"I shall reconsider human knowledge by starting from the fact that \u003ci\u003ewe can know more than we can tell\u003c\/i\u003e,\" writes Michael Polanyi, whose work paved the way for the likes of Thomas Kuhn and Karl Popper. \u003ci\u003eThe Tacit Dimension\u003c\/i\u003e 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 established belief, lies at the heart of scientific discovery.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Polanyi's work deserves serious attention. . . . [This is a] compact presentation of some of the essentials of his thought.\"-\u003ci\u003eReview of Metaphysics\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Polanyi's work is still relevant today and a closer examination of this theory that all knowledge has personal and tacit elements . . . can be used to support and refute a variety of widely held approaches to knowledge management.\"-\u003ci\u003eElectronic Journal of Knowledge\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"The reissuing of this remarkable book give us a new opportunity to see how far-reaching-and foundational-Michael Polanyi's ideas are, on some of the age-old questions in philosophy.\"-Amartya Sen, from the new Foreword\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMichael Polanyi \u003c\/b\u003e(1891-1976) was a Hungarian-British chemist and philosopher, a Fellow of the Royal Society, and a Fellow of Merton College, Oxford. He is the author of many books, including \u003ci\u003eScience, Faith and Society \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003ePersonal Knowledge: Towards a Post-Critical Philosophy\u003c\/i\u003e, both published by the University of Chicago Press. \u003cb\u003eAmartya Sen\u003c\/b\u003e, winner of the Nobel Prize in Economics in 1998, is the Lamont University Professor at Harvard University.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"University of Chicago Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50491628159250,"sku":"9780226672984","price":21.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_61c67589-96bc-474c-b4b6-70125991ac83.jpg?v=1730545114","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-tacit-dimension-9780226672984","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}