Michael Polanyi Quotes on Knowledge
Michael Polanyi was a Hungarian-British polymath, physical chemist, economist, and philosopher and the younger brother of the economic historian Karl Polanyi. This page collects quotes attributed to Michael Polanyi on the topic of knowledge, drawn from across the philosopher's works.
Quotes
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Attributed to Michael Polanyi:
“We can know more than we can tell.”
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Attributed to Michael Polanyi:
“All knowledge is personal.”
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Attributed to Michael Polanyi:
“Tacit knowing is the foundation of explicit knowing.”
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Attributed to Michael Polanyi:
“Discovery is the act of guessing reality.”
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Attributed to Michael Polanyi:
“Pure objectivity is a myth that, if accepted, destroys what it sought to perfect.”