Michael Polanyi (1891-1976) was a Hungarian-British chemist and philosopher, a fellow of the Royal Society, and a fellow of Merton College, Oxford. His many books include Science, Faith, and Society; Knowing and Being; and Meaning, all published by the University of Chicago Press.
"Polanyi's monumental work, Personal Knowledge: Towards a
Post-Critical Philosophy, takes the shape of an orderly rejection
of the false ideal of wholly explicit and wholly impersonal,
so-called objective knowledge. The human mind, for him, is not an
impersonal machine engaged in the manufacture of truth. In fact,
Personal Knowledge represents a compelling critique of the
positivist claim for total objectivity in scientific knowledge. . .
. Polanyi, the scientist-philosopher, calls forth an enormous array
of examples to show that the scientist himself is engaged in acts
of personal acceptance and judgment in the very doing of
science."-- "Philosophy Today"
"Rich in insights, groundbreaking in its interpretations, Personal
Knowledge deserves to be better known."-- "Science and Education"
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