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Michael Polanyi FRS [1] (/ p oʊ ˈ l æ n j i / poh-LAN-yee; Hungarian: Polányi Mihály; 11 March 1891 – 22 February 1976) was a Hungarian-British [2] polymath, who made important theoretical contributions to physical chemistry, economics, and philosophy.
Polanyi's paradox, named in honour of the British-Hungarian philosopher Michael Polanyi, is the theory that human knowledge of how the world functions and of our own capability are, to a large extent, beyond our explicit understanding.
Post-critical is a term coined by scientist-philosopher Michael Polanyi (1891–1976) in the 1950s to designate a position beyond the critical philosophical orientation (or intellectual sensibility). In this context, "the critical mode" designates a way of relating to reality that was initiated in the years preceding the Enlightenment period ...
Polanyi believed that while declarative knowledge may be needed for acquiring skills, it is unnecessary for using those skills once the novice becomes an expert. Indeed, it does seem to be the case that, as Polanyi argued, when people acquire a skill, they acquire a corresponding understanding that defies articulation.
The Polanyi's were non-observant Jews, although Michael Polanyi became a Christian. In 1958, Polanyi married Anne Ferrar Davidson (1929–2013). [31] He has two children – a daughter, Margaret, born in 1961 and a son, Michael, born in 1963. [6] His daughter is a journalist, and his son is a political scientist who started his career as a ...
Michael Polanyi, FRS (11 March 1891 – 22 February 1976) was a Hungarian polymath, who made theoretical contribution to physical chemistry, economics, and philosophy.. Polanyi was a well known theoretical chemist who contributed to the chemistry field through three main areas of study: adsorption of gases on solids, x-ray structure analysis of the properties of solids, and the rate of ...
Polanyi, Michael; Prosch, Harry (1975). Meaning. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. ISBN 0-226-67294-8. The Genesis of Twentieth Century Philosophy: The Evolution of thought from Copernicus to the Present. Garden City, New York: Doubleday and Company. 1964. Michael Polanyi: A Critical Exposition. Albany, NY: State University of New York ...
The Birth, the Life and the Death of Christ (1906) The film tells the life of Jesus Christ in 25 tableaux based on the canonical gospels: 1. Arrival in Bethlehem 2. Nativity and arrival of the Magi 3. The sleep of Jesus 4. The Samaritan 5. The miracle of Jairus's daughter 6. Mary Magdalene washes the feet of Jesus 7. Palm Sunday 8. The last ...