MARS HILL AUDIO Report 2

Tacit Knowing, Truthful Knowing

Tacit Knowing, Truthful Knowing: The Life and Thought of Michael Polanyi

Though largely ignored, the work of research chemist-turned-philosopher Michael Polanyi (1891-1976) offers rich insight into the methods of science, the role of belief in all human knowing, and the important connections between knowledge and responsibility. Tacit Knowing, Truthful Knowing explores Michael Polanyi's criticisms of both objectivism and subjectivism, and his attempts to develop a more truthful understanding of how we know the world. His ideas are based on the belief that all knowledge is either tacit (silent and unspoken) or rooted in tacit knowledge.

This Report features interviews with leading interpreters of Polanyi's thought, including Marjorie Grene, Richard Gelwick, Thomas Torrance, and Martin X. Moleski. Interviews with Nobel Prize-winning chemist Dudley Herschbach, educator Steven Garber, and master violin makers Peter and Wendy Moes, along with readings from Michael Polanyi's books and correspondence, further illuminate his ideas. 2.5 hours

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    Introductory comments by Ken Myers. The early life and education of Michael Polanyi.
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    On Michael Polanyi's transition from science to philosophy during the interwar period.
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    On Polanyi’s rejection of an “objective scientific method” in favor of a subjective process of discovery.
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    On how all knowledge is rooted in the person.
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    On learning as a process of trusting and submitting to authority, featuring interviews with luthiers, Peter and Wendy Moes.
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    On the impact and reception of Polanyi's thought in other fields of inquiry.
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    On the necessary connection between knowledge, education, and moral responsibility.
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