Skip to search
Skip to main content
Catalog
Help
Feedback
Your Account
Library Account
Bookmarks
(
0
)
Search History
Search in
Keyword
Title (keyword)
Author (keyword)
Subject (keyword)
Title starts with
Subject (browse)
Author (browse)
Author (sorted by title)
Call number (browse)
search for
Search
Advanced Search
Bookmarks
(
0
)
Princeton University Library Catalog
Start over
Cite
Send
to
SMS
Email
EndNote
RefWorks
RIS
Printer
Bookmark
Meaning / Michael Polanyi and Harry Prosch.
Author
Polanyi, Michael, 1891-1976
[Browse]
Format
Book
Language
English
Published/Created
Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 1975.
Description
xiv, 246 pages ; 21 cm
Availability
Copies in the Library
Location
Call Number
Status
Location Service
Notes
Firestone Library - Stacks
B105.M4P64
Browse related items
Request
Details
Subject(s)
Meaning (Philosophy)
[Browse]
Philosophy
[Browse]
Author
Prosch, Harry, 1917-2005
[Browse]
Series
Phoenix books ; P740.
[More in this series]
A Phoenix book ; P740
Summary note
"Published very shortly before his death in February 1976, Meaning is the culmination of Michael Polanyi's philosophic endeavors. With the assistance of Harry Prosch, Polanyi goes beyond his earlier critique of scientific "objectivity" to investigate meaning as founded upon the imaginative and creative faculties. Establishing that science is an inherently normative form of knowledge and that society gives meaning to science instead of being given the "truth" by science, Polanyi contends here that the foundation of meaning is the creative imagination. Largely through metaphorical expression in poetry, art, myth, and religion, the imagination is used to synthesize the otherwise chaotic and disparate elements of life. To Polanyi these integrations stand with those of science as equally valid modes of knowledge. He hopes this view of the foundation of meaning will restore validity to the traditional ideas that were undercut by modern science. Polanyi also outlines the general conditions of a free society that encourage varied approaches to truth, and includes an illuminating discussion of how to restore, to modern minds, the possibility for the acceptance of religion." -- Publisher
Bibliographic references
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
[Table of Contents]
Preface
Acknowledgments
1. The Eclipse Of Thought
2. Personal Knowledge
3. Reconstruction
4. From Perception To Metaphor
5. Works Of Art
6. Validity In Art
7. Visionary Art
8. The Structure Of Myth
9. Truth In Myths
10. Acceptance Of Religion
11. Order
12. Mutual Authority
13. The Free Society
Notes
Bibliographical Note
Index.
Show 16 more Contents items
ISBN
0226672948
9780226672946
0226672956 ((pbk.))
9780226672953 ((pbk.))
LCCN
75005067
OCLC
1339582
Statement on language in description
Princeton University Library aims to describe library materials in a manner that is respectful to the individuals and communities who create, use, and are represented in the collections we manage.
Read more...
Other views
Staff view
Ask a Question
Suggest a Correction
Report Harmful Language
Supplementary Information