Science, Faith and Society

Name: Science, Faith and Society
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ISBN: 9780226672908

ISBN-10: 0226672905

ISBN-13: 9780226672908

Edition: 1964

Authors: Michael Polanyi

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In its concern with science as an essentially human enterprise, Science, Faith and Society makes an original and challenging contribution to the philosophy of science. On its appearance in 1946 the book quickly became the focus of controversy. Polanyi aims to show that science must be understood as a community of inquirers held together by a common faith; science, he argues, is not the use of "scientific method" but rather consists in a discipline imposed by scientists on themselves in the interests of discovering an objective, impersonal truth. That such truth exists and can be found is part of the scientists' faith. Polanyi maintains that both authoritarianism and scepticism, attacking…

Book details

List price: $23.00
Copyright year: 1964
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Publication date: 8/15/1964
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 96
Size: 5.25" wide x 8.00" long x 0.80" tall
Weight: 0.198
Language: English

Background and Prospect I. Science and Reality II. Authority and Conscience III. Dedication or Servitude Appendix 1. Premisses of Science 2. Significance of New Observations 3. Correspondence with Observation