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

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).

• 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 ofMoral Inversion (Dániel Paksi).- 12. Inversions and Conversions, Moral and Otherwise (Andrew Grosso).- 13. The Tragedy of the Liberal Theory of Science (Stephen Turner).- Index.