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Society, Economics, and Philosophy Selected Papers

Polanyi, Michael
Heftet / 2016 / Engelsk

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9781412864039
Publisert
2016-08-30
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Routledge
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750 gr
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229 mm
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152 mm
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U, G, 05, 01
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Engelsk
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Heftet
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404

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Polanyi, Michael

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Michael Polanyi (1891-1976), was born in Hungary, studied medicine, but devoted himself to research in chemistry. He worked in Germany until Hitler expelled Jews from public positions in 1933, when he went to the University of Manchester as Professor of Physical Chemistry. His books include his magnum opus, Personal Knowledge, as well as Science, Faith, and Society, among others. R. T. Allen is editor of Appraisal and is best known for his work in philosophy, particularly dealing with the nature, status, and destiny of the person. He is the author of numerous books, including Beyond Liberalism: A Study of the Political Thought of F. A. Hayek and Michael Polanyi, The Structure of Value, and Transcendence and Immanence in the Philosophy of Michael Polanyi and Christian Theism.

Society, Economics, and Philosophy Selected Papers

Polanyi, Michael
Heftet / 2016 / Engelsk
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Michael Polanyi was a polymath who primarily studied medicine and chemistry. Precisely because of Polanyi's work in the physical sciences, his writings have a unique dimension not found in other advocates of the market and too infrequently found even in philosophers of science. Society, Economics, and Philosophy represents the full range of his interests outside of his scientific work: economics, politics, society, philosophy of science, religion and positivist obstacles to it, and art.Polanyi was a powerful critic of totalitarianism and of the deficiencies of the usual defences of freedom which helped to prepare the way for it. Freedom, he argued, can be based only upon truth and dedication to transcendent ideals, not upon scepticism, utilitarianism, and the liberty of doing merely as one pleases. More radically than even von Mises and Hayek, Polanyi showed that an industrial economy can operate only "polycentrically," that central planning is logically impossible, and that what was called by that name in the Soviet Union was in reality no such thing. Likewise, scientific research can proceed, not by a central plan, but only by the spontaneous self-adjustment of separate initiatives to discover a common reality.
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Michael Polanyi was a polymath who primarily studied medicine and chemistry
Acknowledgments Introduction Part I: Political Questions Introduction 1. To the Peacemakers (1917) 2. New Scepticism (1919) 3. Jewish Problems (1943) 4. The Struggle Between Truth and Propaganda (1936) 5. Rights and Duties of Science (1939) 6. History and Hope: An Analysis of Our Age (1962) 7. A Postscript (1963) 8. Why Did We Destroy Europe? (1970) Part II: Economic and Social Theory Introduction 9. Collectivist Planning (1940) 10. Profits and Private Enterprise (1948) 11. The Foolishness of History (1957) 12. Toward a Theory of Conspicuous Production (1960) 13. The Determinants of Social Action (1969) 14. On Liberalism and Liberty (1955) Part III: The Theory and Practice of Science Introduction 15. Science: Observation and Belief (1947) 16. Science and Reality (1967) 17. Creative Imagination (1966) 18. Genius in Science (1972) 19. Life Transcending Physics and Chemistry (1967) 20. Do Life Processes Transcend Physics and Chemistry? (1968) Part IV: Mind, Religion, Art Introduction 21. The Hypothesis of Cybernetics (1951) 22. The Body-Mind Relation (1968) 23. The Scientific Revolution (1961/4) 24. Polanyi's Logic—Answer (1966) 25. What is a Painting? (1970) Appendix I: An Annotated Bibliography of Michael Polanyi's Publications on Society, Economics, and Philosophy Appendix II: Summaries of Papers Not Republished Either above or in Polanyi's Books Index
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Michael Polanyi was a polymath who primarily studied medicine and chemistry. Precisely because of Polanyi's work in the physical sciences, his writings have a unique dimension not found in other advocates of the market and too infrequently found even in philosophers of science. Society, Economics, and Philosophy represents the full range of his interests outside of his scientific work: economics, politics, society, philosophy of science, religion and positivist obstacles to it, and art.Polanyi was a powerful critic of totalitarianism and of the deficiencies of the usual defences of freedom which helped to prepare the way for it. Freedom, he argued, can be based only upon truth and dedication to transcendent ideals, not upon scepticism, utilitarianism, and the liberty of doing merely as one pleases. More radically than even von Mises and Hayek, Polanyi showed that an industrial economy can operate only "polycentrically," that central planning is logically impossible, and that what was called by that name in the Soviet Union was in reality no such thing. Likewise, scientific research can proceed, not by a central plan, but only by the spontaneous self-adjustment of separate initiatives to discover a common reality.
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Michael Polanyi was a polymath who primarily studied medicine and chemistry
Acknowledgments Introduction Part I: Political Questions Introduction 1. To the Peacemakers (1917) 2. New Scepticism (1919) 3. Jewish Problems (1943) 4. The Struggle Between Truth and Propaganda (1936) 5. Rights and Duties of Science (1939) 6. History and Hope: An Analysis of Our Age (1962) 7. A Postscript (1963) 8. Why Did We Destroy Europe? (1970) Part II: Economic and Social Theory Introduction 9. Collectivist Planning (1940) 10. Profits and Private Enterprise (1948) 11. The Foolishness of History (1957) 12. Toward a Theory of Conspicuous Production (1960) 13. The Determinants of Social Action (1969) 14. On Liberalism and Liberty (1955) Part III: The Theory and Practice of Science Introduction 15. Science: Observation and Belief (1947) 16. Science and Reality (1967) 17. Creative Imagination (1966) 18. Genius in Science (1972) 19. Life Transcending Physics and Chemistry (1967) 20. Do Life Processes Transcend Physics and Chemistry? (1968) Part IV: Mind, Religion, Art Introduction 21. The Hypothesis of Cybernetics (1951) 22. The Body-Mind Relation (1968) 23. The Scientific Revolution (1961/4) 24. Polanyi's Logic—Answer (1966) 25. What is a Painting? (1970) Appendix I: An Annotated Bibliography of Michael Polanyi's Publications on Society, Economics, and Philosophy Appendix II: Summaries of Papers Not Republished Either above or in Polanyi's Books Index
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Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9781412864039
Publisert
2016-08-30
Utgiver
Vendor
Routledge
Vekt
750 gr
Høyde
229 mm
Bredde
152 mm
Aldersnivå
U, G, 05, 01
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
404

Forfatter
Polanyi, Michael

Om bidragsyterne

Michael Polanyi (1891-1976), was born in Hungary, studied medicine, but devoted himself to research in chemistry. He worked in Germany until Hitler expelled Jews from public positions in 1933, when he went to the University of Manchester as Professor of Physical Chemistry. His books include his magnum opus, Personal Knowledge, as well as Science, Faith, and Society, among others. R. T. Allen is editor of Appraisal and is best known for his work in philosophy, particularly dealing with the nature, status, and destiny of the person. He is the author of numerous books, including Beyond Liberalism: A Study of the Political Thought of F. A. Hayek and Michael Polanyi, The Structure of Value, and Transcendence and Immanence in the Philosophy of Michael Polanyi and Christian Theism.

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