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Michael Polanyi Quotes

Personal participation is the universal principle of knowing Picture Quote #1

Admittedly, the body of scientists, as a whole, does uphold the authority of science over the lay public. It controls thereby also the process by which young men are trained to become members of the scientific profession Picture Quote #1

No inanimate object is ever fully determined by the laws of physics and chemistry Picture Quote #1

Theories of evolution must provide for the creative acts which brought such theories into existence Picture Quote #1

We know more than we can tell Picture Quote #1

While tacit knowledge can be possessed by itself, explicit knowledge must rely on being tacitly understood and applied. Hence all knowledge is either tacit or rooted in tacit knowledge. A wholly explicit knowledge is unthinkable Picture Quote #1

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We could not, for example, arrive at a principle like that of entropy without introducing some additional principle, such as randomness, to this topography Picture Quote #1

So long as we use a certain language, all questions that we can ask will have to be formulated in it and will thereby confirm the theory of the universe which is implied in the vocabulary and structure of the language Picture Quote #1

Of course language manifests a belief only if we use its words with the implied acceptance of their appositeness Picture Quote #1

My title is intended to suggest that the community of scientists is organized in a way which resembles certain features of a body politic and works according to economic principles similar to those by which the production of material goods is regulated Picture Quote #1

Moreover, only a strong and united scientific opinion imposing the intrinsic value of scientific progress on society at large can elicit the support of scientific inquiry by the general public Picture Quote #1

I shall suggest, on the contrary, that all communication relies, to a noticeable extent on evoking knowledge that we cannot tell, and that all our knowledge of mental processes, like feelings or conscious intellectual activities, is based on a knowledge which we cannot tell Picture Quote #1

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Admittedly, scientific authority is not distributed evenly throughout the body of scientists; some distinguished members of the profession predominate over others of a more junior standing Picture Quote #1

Human beings exercise responsibilities within a social setting and a framework of obligations which transcend the principle of intelligence Picture Quote #1

I shall reconsider human knowledge by starting from the fact that we can know more than we can tell Picture Quote #1

The amount of knowledge which we can justify from evidence directly available to us can never be large. The overwhelming proportion of our factual beliefs continue therefore to be held at second hand through trusting others, and in the great majority of cases our trust is placed in the authority of comparatively few people of widely acknowledged standing Picture Quote #1

To try to reform all the power structures at once would leave us with no power structure to use in our project. In any case, we will be able to see that absolute moral renewal could be attempted only by an absolute power and that a tyrannous force such as this must destroy the whole moral life of man, not renew it Picture Quote #1

And the actual achievements of biology are explanations in terms of mechanisms founded on physics and chemistry, which is not the same thing as explanations in terms of physics and chemistry Picture Quote #1

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The process of philosophic and scientific enlightenment has shaken the stability of beliefs held explicitly as articles of faith Picture Quote #1

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Personal participation is the universal principle of knowing (Michael Polanyi Quotes) Admittedly, the body of scientists, as a whole, does uphold the authority of science over the lay public. It controls thereby also the process by which young men are trained to become members of the scientific profession (Michael Polanyi Quotes) No inanimate object is ever fully determined by the laws of physics and chemistry (Michael Polanyi Quotes) Theories of evolution must provide for the creative acts which brought such theories into existence (Michael Polanyi Quotes) We know more than we can tell (Michael Polanyi Quotes) While tacit knowledge can be possessed by itself, explicit knowledge must rely on being tacitly understood and applied. Hence all knowledge is either tacit or rooted in tacit knowledge. A wholly explicit knowledge is unthinkable (Michael Polanyi Quotes) We could not, for example, arrive at a principle like that of entropy without introducing some additional principle, such as randomness, to this topography (Michael Polanyi Quotes) So long as we use a certain language, all questions that we can ask will have to be formulated in it and will thereby confirm the theory of the universe which is implied in the vocabulary and structure of the language (Michael Polanyi Quotes) Of course language manifests a belief only if we use its words with the implied acceptance of their appositeness (Michael Polanyi Quotes) My title is intended to suggest that the community of scientists is organized in a way which resembles certain features of a body politic and works according to economic principles similar to those by which the production of material goods is regulated (Michael Polanyi Quotes) Moreover, only a strong and united scientific opinion imposing the intrinsic value of scientific progress on society at large can elicit the support of scientific inquiry by the general public (Michael Polanyi Quotes) I shall suggest, on the contrary, that all communication relies, to a noticeable extent on evoking knowledge that we cannot tell, and that all our knowledge of mental processes, like feelings or conscious intellectual activities, is based on a knowledge which we cannot tell (Michael Polanyi Quotes) Admittedly, scientific authority is not distributed evenly throughout the body of scientists; some distinguished members of the profession predominate over others of a more junior standing (Michael Polanyi Quotes) Human beings exercise responsibilities within a social setting and a framework of obligations which transcend the principle of intelligence (Michael Polanyi Quotes) I shall reconsider human knowledge by starting from the fact that we can know more than we can tell (Michael Polanyi Quotes) The amount of knowledge which we can justify from evidence directly available to us can never be large. The overwhelming proportion of our factual beliefs continue therefore to be held at second hand through trusting others, and in the great majority of cases our trust is placed in the authority of comparatively few people of widely acknowledged standing (Michael Polanyi Quotes) To try to reform all the power structures at once would leave us with no power structure to use in our project. In any case, we will be able to see that absolute moral renewal could be attempted only by an absolute power and that a tyrannous force such as this must destroy the whole moral life of man, not renew it (Michael Polanyi Quotes) And the actual achievements of biology are explanations in terms of mechanisms founded on physics and chemistry, which is not the same thing as explanations in terms of physics and chemistry (Michael Polanyi Quotes) The process of philosophic and scientific enlightenment has shaken the stability of beliefs held explicitly as articles of faith (Michael Polanyi Quotes)