Michael Polanyi: A Critical Exposition (suny Series In Cultural Perspectives)

Michael Polanyi was an eminent physical chemist, economist, and philosopher. This book explains how the many diverse topics that concerned him belong together as essential elements in his effort to play physician to “the sickness of the modern mind.” Using both published and unpublished writings, Prosch critically evaluates Polanyi's efforts and examines the value of his work as philosophy. The book contains a complete bibliography of Polanyi's humanistic publications and all of his earlier works.Harry Prosch is Professor of Philosophy at Skidmore College. Part 1: Diagnosis -- Chapter 1: Indications Of Malaise -- Chapter 2: The Causes -- Chapter 3: The Pathogenesis -- Part 2: Prescription -- Chapter 4: A New Epistemology -- Chapter 5: Indwelling -- Chapter 6: Generalization -- Chapter 7: Discovery -- Chapter 8: Verification -- Part 3: Treatment -- Chapter 9: Ontological Hierarchies -- Chapter 10: Personal Participation -- Chapter 11: The Arts -- Chapter 12: Religion -- Chapter 13: The Free Society. Harry Prosch. Includes Bibliographies And Index.