
Publication details
Verlag: Springer
Ort: Berlin
Jahr: 1995
Pages: 205-223
Reihe: Boston Studies in the Philosophy of Science
ISBN (Hardback): 9789048144365
Volle Referenz:
, "Michael Polanyi and the history of science", in: Physics, philosophy, and the scientific community, Berlin, Springer, 1995


Michael Polanyi and the history of science
pp. 205-223
in: Kostas Gavroglu, John Stachel, Mark W. Wartofsky (eds), Physics, philosophy, and the scientific community, Berlin, Springer, 1995Abstrakt
I shall be discussing Michael Polanyi's career as a scientist and philosopher from the point of view of history of science as well as his contribution to the history of science. But in order to arrive at my conclusions, I shall have to make some excursions into other fields, such as the branches of politics and epistemology that were fashionable during his career. For it is fair to say that Polanyi (1891–1976) was a unique person in the history of science, not least in the spectrum of his interests. The Dictionary of Scientific Biography (Vol. 18) lists his professional fields as chemistry, philosophy, and sociology.
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Publication details
Verlag: Springer
Ort: Berlin
Jahr: 1995
Pages: 205-223
Reihe: Boston Studies in the Philosophy of Science
ISBN (Hardback): 9789048144365
Volle Referenz:
, "Michael Polanyi and the history of science", in: Physics, philosophy, and the scientific community, Berlin, Springer, 1995