Péter Hartl 
Science, Faith, Society: New Essays on the Philosophy of Michael Polanyi 

The book is arguably the first comprehensive collection of essays on Michael Polanyi’s social, political philosophy. The essays combine philosophical and historical approaches to show Polanyi’s social thought in the context of his epistemology and philosophy of science as well as the 20th century intellectual history. This volume appeals to specialists in Michael Polanyi’s philosophy, political philosophers who are interested in the 20
th century political thought, mainly conservative-liberal political tradition. Furthermore it appeals to scholars focusing on the intersections between epistemology and political philosophy.
 

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1. Introduction (Péter Hartl).- 2. Replicability and Faith in science: Implications of Tacit Knowledge(Agnès Festré and Stein Østbye).- 3. Attributing Meanings to “Science”, “Faith”, and “Society” (Richard W. Moodey).- 4. Science, Faith and Society and Polanyi’s Metaphysical Account (Phil Mullins).- 5. ‘Interpretations of Nature” in Polanyi’s Science, Faith and Society (John Preston).- 6. That Our World Might Endure: Polanyi’s “Primary Education” (Jon Fennell).- 7. The Architecture of Public Trust (Diane Yeager).- 8. The Enlightenment is Dead, Long Live the Enlightenment! – Towards a Post-critical Age of Reasonm (Gábor Bíró).- 9. From Scientific Truth to Tradition-Encased Personal Meaning – Polanyi’s Critique of Enlightenment Ideas (Walter Gulick).- 10. Michael Polanyi’s Understanding of Totalitarianism Against the Backdrop of Liberal Civilization (Struan Jacobs).- 11. The Galilean Principle of Relativity: The Ultimate Fundament of Moral Inversion (Dániel Paksi).- 12. Inversions and Conversions, Moral and Otherwise (Andrew Grosso).- 13. The Tragedy of the Liberal Theory of Science (Stephen Turner).- Index.

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Péter Hartl is a research fellow at the Institute of Philosophy, Research Centre for the Humanities, Budapest (formerly known as Hungarian Academy of Sciences). He is a member of MTA-Lendület Morals and Values Research Group. His research focuses on epistemology, philosophy of science and history of philosophy. He co-edited
The Value of Truth special issue for
Synthese and the volume entitled
Science, Freedom, Democracy (published by
Routledge, 2021)
. Also, his
co-edited volume entitled
Metatheories of Disagreement is forthcoming by Wiley-Blackwell. Hartl authored papers on Michael Polanyi’s philosophy including “The ethos of science and central planning: Merton and Michael Polanyi on the Autonomy of Science” published in
Science, Freedom, Democracy (Routledge, 2021).