The Tacit Mode - Michael Polanyi's Postmodern Philosophy

Explores the thought of twentieth-century philosopher Michael Polanyi.
The Tacit Mode exposes and explores the central insights in Michael Polanyi's major works. It focuses on his epistemological insights concerning tacit knowing, and explores their ramifications for philosophy, science, art, language, political theory, and religion. The notion of tacit knowledge reconstructs the modern concept of objectivity while avoiding the self-stultifying effects of "deconstructivist" postmodernism and puts Polanyi on the cutting edge of contemporary philosophy.

About the author

Jerry H. Gill is Professor of Philosophy at Pima Community College. He is the author of many books including, most recently, If a Chimpanzee Could Talk: And Other Reflections on Language Acquisition and Wittgenstein and Metaphor.

Product details

• Authors: Jerry H Gill, Jerry H. Gill
• Publisher: State University of New York Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 06.01.2000
• EAN: 9780791444290
• ISBN: 978-0-7914-4429-0
• No. of pages: 206
• Weight: 408 g
• Series: Suny Series, Constructive Post; Suny Series, Constructive Post; Suny Constructive Postmodern T
• Subject: Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: antiquity to present day