Meaning

by Harry Prosch and Michael Polanyi

Book Overview

Published very shortly before his death in February 1976, Meaning is the culmination of Michael Polanyi's philosophic endeavors. With the assistance of Harry Prosch, Polanyi goes beyond his earlier critique of scientific "objectivity" to investigate meaning as founded upon the imaginative and creative faculties. Establishing that science is an inherently normative form of knowledge and that society gives meaning to science instead of being given the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0226672956
• ISBN13: 9780226672953
• Release Date: January 1977
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 260 Pages
• Weight: 0.43 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.1" x 8.0"