{"product_id":"the-tacit-dimension-michael-polanyi-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 Michael Polanyi\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0226672980\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780226672984\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Chicago Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/01\/2009\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 128\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\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","brand":"Michael Polanyi","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43993940689151,"sku":"9780226672984","price":21.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_8a8469ec-47f4-4cfe-b5a5-b0f37fd71b7a.jpg?v=1683327181","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-tacit-dimension-michael-polanyi-9780226672984","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}