Michael Polanyi and Karl Popper : the fraying of a long-standing acquaintance


Autoria(s): Jacobs, Struan; Mullins, Phil
Data(s)

01/01/2011

Resumo

Based upon archival correspondence and their publications, this essay analyzes the interaction of Karl Popper and Michael Polanyi. Popper sent Polanyi for review in 1932 an early draft of The Logic of Discovery. Friedrich Hayek helped both Polanyi and Popper publish some of their writings in the forties. Polanyi renewed his acquaintance with Popper in the late forties when Popper took a position at the London School of Economics and they met to discuss common interests. In the early fifties, as Polanyi prepared and presented his Gifford Lectures and published The Logic of Liberty, Polanyi became increasingly clear and articulate in distinguishing his social philosophy and philosophy of science from Popper’s ideas. Polanyi’s 1952 paper “The Stability of Belief” forthrightly presented Polanyi’s post-critical ideas that Popper overtly rejected in an important letter. After this, they had little to do with each other.

Identificador

http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30042741

Idioma(s)

eng

Publicador

Polanyi Society

Relação

http://dro.deakin.edu.au/eserv/DU:30042741/jacobs-michaelpolanyi-2011.pdf

Direitos

2011, The Authors

Palavras-Chave #Michael Polanyi #Karl Popper #critical rationalism #post-critical philosophy #Popper’s open society #Polanyi’s dynamic orders
Tipo

Journal Article