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[citation needed] They are influenced by the scientist turned philosopher Michael Polanyi. Polanyi's ideas were taken up enthusiastically by T. F. Torrance, whose work in this area has influenced many theologians calling themselves critical realists.
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.
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 ...
As a Reformed churchman and theologian, Torrance worked throughout his career for ecumenical harmony with Anglicans, Lutherans, Eastern Orthodox and Roman Catholics.. He represented the Church of Scotland in conversations with the Church of England from 1949 to 1951, and fought tirelessly for the visible union of the Church; [12] From 1954 to 1962, he was the Convener of the Church of Scotland ...
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.
The second in a projected five or six volume series on Christian origins, dealing with the life and death of Christ from a very open evangelical perspective. Yancey, Philip (September 9, 1995). The Jesus I Never Knew. Nashville, TN: Thomas Nelson. ISBN 978-0310385707. [citation needed] Yoder, John H. (December 31, 1996) [1972].
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 ...
They would, upon their death, cease consciousness, and gain it again at the time of the resurrection having experienced no time lapse. For them, time would thus be suspended, as if they moved immediately from death to resurrection and the General Judgment of the Judgment Day. John Milton De doctrina christiana 1:13; Thomas Hobbes Leviathan ch ...