{"product_id":"the-tacit-dimension-paperback","title":"The Tacit Dimension - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMichael Polanyi\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\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\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 128\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.4 x 7.9 x 5.2 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 01, 2009\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42736739418175,"sku":"9780226672984","price":43.09,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/e445818d06fbe0143867a6259bd698d1_ba1015ce-83b4-46a5-a674-ecd37c550eda.webp?v=1765147693","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/the-tacit-dimension-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}