{"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\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-271522\"\u003eMichael Polanyi\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Chicago Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/01\/2009\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 128\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.30lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.90h x 5.20w x 0.40d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780226672984\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0226672980\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-PHI\"\u003ePhilosophy\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-PHI004000\"\u003eEpistemology\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-SCI\"\u003eScience\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-SCI075000\"\u003ePhilosophy \u0026amp; Social Aspects\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\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","brand":"University of Chicago Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44526877016301,"sku":"9780226672984","price":33.25,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/8097\/6621\/products\/img_bc41f531-c5a8-4bd7-a135-0e33e927e7ad.jpg?v=1701368136","url":"https:\/\/sureshotbooks.com\/products\/the-tacit-dimension-9780226672984","provider":"SureShot Books Publishing LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}