Polanyi
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Definition
Polanyi refers here to Michael Polanyi, the Hungarian-British thinker associated with tacit knowledge, personal knowledge, and judgment in science.
Background
Trained as a chemist before moving into philosophy and social thought, Polanyi developed the idea that people can know more than they can explicitly tell.
Position
He anchors discussions of Tacit Knowledge, Value Judgment, Knowledge Management, and the risks of compressing expertise through AI summarization.
Distinctions
- Polanyi is not just a source for the term tacit knowledge; he treats knowing as a structure of personal commitment and judgment.
- He should be distinguished from Karl Polanyi, the economic historian and anthropologist.
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- Is comprehensive understanding diluted by paraphrasing?
1. Executive Summary In conclusion, paraphrasing is useful, but it is not equivalent to comprehensive understanding. Polanyi's tacit knowing is understood not as the sum of its ...
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- Polanyi, Wittgenstein, and tacit knowledge
Point of contact between Polanyi's tacit knowledge and Tractatus Logico-Philosophique 1. Executive Summary Both Polanyi and the early Wittgenstein showed that knowledge cannot b...
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- Is comprehensive understanding diluted by paraphrasing?
Focusing on Polanyi's tacit knowing, we will examine what is lost when reducing tacit knowledge and value judgments to explicit paraphrases from the perspectives of philosophy, cognitive science, and practice.
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- Polanyi, Wittgenstein, and tacit knowledge
Compare Polanyi's tacit knowledge and what can be said/shown in Tractatus Logico-Philosophique from the perspectives of practical understanding and comprehensive understanding.
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