The Tacit Dimension

Informationen zum Autor Michael Polanyi (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 Science, Faith and Society and Personal Knowledge: Towards a Post-Critical Philosophy , both published by the University of Chicago Press. Amartya Sen , winner of the Nobel Prize in Economics in 1998, is the Lamont University Professor at Harvard University. Klappentext Suitable for students and scholars, this title challenges the assumption that skepticism, rather than established belief, lies at the heart of scientific discovery. Zusammenfassung Suitable for students and scholars! this title challenges the assumption that skepticism! rather than established belief! lies at the heart of scientific discovery.

Product details

• Authors: POLANYI, Michael Polanyi, Amartya Sen
• Assisted by: Sen Amartya (Foreword)
• Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 02.06.2009
• EAN: 9780226672984
• ISBN: 978-0-226-67298-4
• No. of pages: 128
• Dimensions: 132 mm x 205 mm x 8 mm
• Subjects: Non-fiction book; PHILOSOPHY / Epistemology, SCIENCE / Philosophy & Social Aspects, Philosophy of Science, Philosophy: epistemology & theory of knowledge, Philosophy: epistemology and theory of knowledge