The Tacit DimensionA distinguished scientist-philosopher outlines a new theory of mind. He uncovers the mechanism of an essential process of thinking that he calls "tacit knowing", offering as its paradigm the recognition of moods on a human face: few could say what facial configurations make up, for example, a puzzled expression, but we can all recognize puzzlement. This knowledge of particulars that we cannot itemize, and to which we attend only for their meaning in some other sphere, is "tacit knowledge". Tacing knowing guides the scientist to problems promising new discoveries. Hunches and intuitions essential to all creative thought are examples of tacit knowledge emerging into full consciousness. In a similar way do new organic forms emerge, by the process of evolution, from the possibilities contained by simpler forms of life. The author explores the moral and political implications of his theory, which he shows to be incompatible with both positivism and Marxism -- in that they deny the autonomy of thought -- and with existentialism, which demands that man shape himself by his own absolute choice. Rejecting all these doctrines as mental self-destruction, he concludes by staking out a "society of explorers" founded in harmony with man's true powers. [Back cover]. |
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Anyone using a probe for the first time will feel its impact against his fingers and
palm. But as we learn to use a probe, or to use a stick for feeling our way, our
awareness of its impact on our hand is transformed into a sense of its point
touching ...
Anyone using a probe for the first time will feel its impact against his fingers and
palm. But as we learn to use a probe, or to use a stick for feeling our way, our
awareness of its impact on our hand is transformed into a sense of its point
touching ...
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We become aware of the feelings in our hand in terms of their meaning located at
the tip of the probe or stick to which we are attending. This is so also when we
use a tool. We are attending to the meaning of its impact on our hands in terms of
...
We become aware of the feelings in our hand in terms of their meaning located at
the tip of the probe or stick to which we are attending. This is so also when we
use a tool. We are attending to the meaning of its impact on our hands in terms of
...
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I have described how we learn to feel the end of a tool or a probe hitting things
outside. We may regard this as the transformation of the tool or probe into a
sentient extension of our body, as Samuel Butler has said. But our awareness of
our ...
I have described how we learn to feel the end of a tool or a probe hitting things
outside. We may regard this as the transformation of the tool or probe into a
sentient extension of our body, as Samuel Butler has said. But our awareness of
our ...
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| Titel | The Tacit Dimension Anchor books Terry lectures The Terry lectures at Yale University |
| Autor | Michael Polanyi |
| Ausgabe | Neuauflage |
| Verlag | Peter Smith, 1966 |
| Original von | University of California |
| Digitalisiert | 22. Febr. 2011 |
| ISBN | 0844659991, 9780844659992 |
| Länge | 108 Seiten |
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