Meaning
Published very shortly before his death in February 1976, Meaning is the culmination of Michael Polanyi's philosophic endeavors. With the assistance of Harry Prosch, Polanyi goes beyond his earlier critique of scientific ""objectivity"" to investigate meaning as founded upon the imaginative and creative faculties. Establishing that science is an inherently normative form of knowledge and that society gives meaning to science instead of being given the ""truth"" by science, Polanyi contends here…
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- Full title :Meaning / Michael Polanyi and Harry Prosch.
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Published very shortly before his death in February 1976, Meaning is the culmination of Michael Polanyi's philosophic endeavors. With the assistance of Harry Prosch, Polanyi goes beyond his earlier critique of scientific ""objectivity"" to investigate meaning as founded upon the imaginative and creative faculties. Establishing that science is an inherently normative form of knowledge and that society gives meaning to science instead of being given the ""truth"" by science, Polanyi contends here that the foundation of meaning is the creative imagination. Largely through metaphorica.
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- Publication Date:©1975
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- Publisher(s):University of Chicago Press
- Place of Publication:Chicago
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:©1975
Notes
Originally published: ©1975.
The Physical Object
- Description:1 online resource (xiv, 246 pages)
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:022611161X, 9780226111612
- oclc:ocn887898354
- LC Classification:B105.M4
- Dewey Decimal:121.68
Table of Contents
Preface; Acknowledgments; 1. The Eclipse of Thought; 2. Personal Knowledge; 3. Reconstruction; 4. From Perception to Metaphor; 5. Works of Art; 6. Validity in Art; 7. Visionary Art; 8. The Structure of Myth; 9. Truth in Myths; 10. Acceptance of Religion; 11. Order; 12. Mutual Authority; 13. The Free Society; Notes; Bibliographical Note; Index.
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