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Science, Faith, Society: New Essays on the Philosophy of Michael Polanyi

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Editors:
  1. Péter Hartl

    1. Institute of Philosophy, HUN-REN, Research Centre for the Humanities, Budapest, Hungary

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  • Book offers novel approach to the Hungarian-British polymath, Michael Polanyi’s social & political philosophy
  • The volume brings together eminent scholars as well as emerging young researchers
  • This book offers previously unpublished essays with novel insights on the philosophy of Michael Polanyi

Part of the book series: Historical-Analytical Studies on Nature, Mind and Action (HSNA, volume 13)

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Table of contents (13 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiii
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  2. Introduction

    • Péter Hartl
    Pages 1-12

  3. Replicability and Faith in Science: Implications of Tacit Knowledge

    • Agnès Festré, Stein Østbye
    Pages 13-45

  4. Attributing Meanings to “Science”, “Faith”, and “Society”

    • Richard W. Moodey
    Pages 47-68

  5. Science, Faith and Society and Polanyi’s Metaphysical Account

    • Phil Mullins
    Pages 69-99

  6. “Interpretations of Nature” in Polanyi’s Science, Faith and Society

    • John Preston
    Pages 101-114

  7. That Our World Might Endure: Polanyi’s “Primary Education”

    • Jon Fennell
    Pages 115-139

  8. The Architecture of Public Trust

    • D. M. Yeager
    Pages 141-163

  9. The Enlightenment Is Dead, Long Live the Enlightenment! Towards a Post-critical Age of Reason

    • Gábor István Bíró
    Pages 165-184

  10. From Scientific Truth to Tradition-Encased Personal Meaning: Polanyi’s Critique of Enlightenment Ideas

    • Walter B. Gulick
    Pages 185-208

  11. Michael Polanyi’s Understanding of Totalitarianism Against the Backdrop of Liberal Civilization

    • Struan Jacobs
    Pages 209-231

  12. The Galilean Principle of Relativity: The Ultimate Fundament of Moral Inversion

    • Daniel Paksi
    Pages 233-249

  13. Inversions and Conversions, Moral and Otherwise

    • Andrew Grosso
    Pages 251-276

  14. The Tragedy of the Liberal Theory of Science

    • Stephen Turner
    Pages 277-297

  15. Back Matter

    Pages 299-306
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About this book

The book is arguably the first comprehensive collection of essays on Michael Polanyi’s social, political philosophy. The essays combine philosophical and historical approaches to show Polanyi’s social thought in the context of his epistemology and philosophy of science as well as the 20th century intellectual history. This volume appeals to specialists in Michael Polanyi’s philosophy, political philosophers who are interested in the 20th century political thought, mainly conservative-liberal political tradition. Furthermore it appeals to scholars focusing on the intersections between epistemology and political philosophy.

 

Editors and Affiliations

  • Institute of Philosophy, HUN-REN, Research Centre for the Humanities, Budapest, Hungary

    Péter Hartl

About the editor

Péter Hartl is a research fellow at the Institute of Philosophy, Research Centre for the Humanities, Budapest (formerly known as Hungarian Academy of Sciences). He is a member of MTA-Lendület Morals and Values Research Group. His research focuses on epistemology, philosophy of science and history of philosophy. He co-edited The Value of Truth special issue for Synthese and the volume entitled Science, Freedom, Democracy (published by Routledge, 2021). Also, his co-edited volume entitled Metatheories of Disagreement is forthcoming by Wiley-Blackwell. Hartl authored papers on Michael Polanyi’s philosophy including “The ethos of science and central planning: Merton and Michael Polanyi on the Autonomy of Science” published in Science, Freedom, Democracy (Routledge, 2021).

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Science, Faith, Society: New Essays on the Philosophy of Michael Polanyi

  • Editors: Péter Hartl

  • Series Title: Historical-Analytical Studies on Nature, Mind and Action

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-51228-5

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

  • eBook Packages: Religion and Philosophy, Philosophy and Religion (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2024

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-031-51227-8Published: 04 April 2024

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-031-51230-8Due: 05 May 2024

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-031-51228-5Published: 03 April 2024

  • Series ISSN: 2509-4793

  • Series E-ISSN: 2509-4807

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIII, 306

  • Number of Illustrations: 19 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: History of Philosophy

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