Emergentism and complexity in Michael Polanyi’s thought
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Resumo: | Starting from a relatively brief --but hopefully understandable-- description of Michael Polanyi's ideas about emergentism and complexity, we will present a perspective of scientific knowledge under the aegis of two of his most relevant maxims: i) we know more than we can talk about, ii) in general, we employ more ideas than we define concepts. We will propose a conception of science from his views on the inexact, tacit knowledge, the self-regulation of science, the network, and the society of explorers in order to show that complexity and emergentism (almost always synonymous with novelty) are guiding threads, rarely visible, that organize such a conception. Complexity and emergentism are theses that express some of the most relevant features of Polanyian thought, since they help to understand the relations between scientific knowledge and the way the society of explorers carries out its actions based on an intertwining between knowledge network and tradition. |
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Emergentism and complexity in Michael Polanyi’s thoughtComplexityEmergentismTraditionPluralismTacit knowledgeStarting from a relatively brief --but hopefully understandable-- description of Michael Polanyi's ideas about emergentism and complexity, we will present a perspective of scientific knowledge under the aegis of two of his most relevant maxims: i) we know more than we can talk about, ii) in general, we employ more ideas than we define concepts. We will propose a conception of science from his views on the inexact, tacit knowledge, the self-regulation of science, the network, and the society of explorers in order to show that complexity and emergentism (almost always synonymous with novelty) are guiding threads, rarely visible, that organize such a conception. Complexity and emergentism are theses that express some of the most relevant features of Polanyian thought, since they help to understand the relations between scientific knowledge and the way the society of explorers carries out its actions based on an intertwining between knowledge network and tradition.Veritati - Repositório Institucional da Universidade Católica PortuguesaMuniz, Leandro T.Videira, António Augusto Passos2022-10-25T15:35:04Z2022-08-232022-08-23T00:00:00Zinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/10400.14/39176eng1832-910185169686517000865962100008info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessreponame:Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)instname:Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãoinstacron:RCAAP2024-01-23T01:42:50Zoai:repositorio.ucp.pt:10400.14/39176Portal AgregadorONGhttps://www.rcaap.pt/oai/openaireopendoar:71602024-03-19T18:32:01.408599Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos) - Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãofalse |
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Emergentism and complexity in Michael Polanyi’s thought |
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Emergentism and complexity in Michael Polanyi’s thought |
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Emergentism and complexity in Michael Polanyi’s thought Muniz, Leandro T. Complexity Emergentism Tradition Pluralism Tacit knowledge |
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Emergentism and complexity in Michael Polanyi’s thought |
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Emergentism and complexity in Michael Polanyi’s thought |
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Emergentism and complexity in Michael Polanyi’s thought |
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Emergentism and complexity in Michael Polanyi’s thought |
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Emergentism and complexity in Michael Polanyi’s thought |
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Muniz, Leandro T. |
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Muniz, Leandro T. Videira, António Augusto Passos |
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Videira, António Augusto Passos |
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Muniz, Leandro T. Videira, António Augusto Passos |
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Complexity Emergentism Tradition Pluralism Tacit knowledge |
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Complexity Emergentism Tradition Pluralism Tacit knowledge |
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Starting from a relatively brief --but hopefully understandable-- description of Michael Polanyi's ideas about emergentism and complexity, we will present a perspective of scientific knowledge under the aegis of two of his most relevant maxims: i) we know more than we can talk about, ii) in general, we employ more ideas than we define concepts. We will propose a conception of science from his views on the inexact, tacit knowledge, the self-regulation of science, the network, and the society of explorers in order to show that complexity and emergentism (almost always synonymous with novelty) are guiding threads, rarely visible, that organize such a conception. Complexity and emergentism are theses that express some of the most relevant features of Polanyian thought, since they help to understand the relations between scientific knowledge and the way the society of explorers carries out its actions based on an intertwining between knowledge network and tradition. |
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