Click Here to Download: https://ouo.io/wCMgrT Science, Faith and Society By: Michael Polanyi Publisher: University of Chicago Press Print ISBN: 9780226672908, 0226672905 eText ISBN: 9780226163444, 022616344X Edition: 1st Copyright year: 1964 Format: EPUB Available from $ 20.00 USD SKU 9780226163444 In its concern with science as an essentially human enterprise, Science, Faith and Society makes an original and challenging contribution to the philosophy of science. On its appearance in 1946 the book quickly became the focus of controversy. Polanyi aims to show that science must be understood as a community of inquirers held together by a common faith; science, he argues, is not the use of scientific method but rather consists in a discipline imposed by scientists on themselves in the interests of discovering an objective, impersonal truth. That such truth exists and can be found is part of the scientists' faith. Polanyi maintains that both authoritarianism and scepticism, attacking this faith, are attacking science itself. Additional ISBNs 9780226672892, 0226672891
