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Quote of the Day Fresh quotes Topics Authors I'm Feeling Lucky Disable ads! 18 quotes by Michael Polanyi Michael Polanyi In England, 1933 Born Polányi Mihály (1891-03-11)11 March 1891 Budapest, Austria-Hungary Died 22 February 1976(1976-02-22) (aged 84) Northampton, England Education Graduated in medicine, 1913; PhD in physical chemistry, 1919 Alma mater Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest Technische Hochschule, Karlsruhe Occupation Professor of physical chemistry, professor of social studies Employer Kaiser-Wilhelm Institute University of... Read full biography of Michael Polanyi → 1 2 Ctrl → No inanimate object is ever fully determined by the laws of physics and chemistry. 0 Moreover, only a strong and united scientific opinion imposing the intrinsic value of scientific progress on society at large can elicit the support... → 0 These maxims and the art of interpreting them may be said to constitute the premisses of science but I prefer to call them our scientific beliefs.... → 0 Theories of evolution must provide for the creative acts which brought such theories into existence. 0 We could not, for example, arrive at a principle like that of entropy without introducing some additional principle, such as randomness, to this... → 0 And the actual achievements of biology are explanations in terms of mechanisms founded on physics and chemistry, which is not the same thing as... → 0 Human beings exercise responsibilities within a social setting and a framework of obligations which transcend the principle of intelligence. 0 I shall suggest, on the contrary, that all communication relies, to a noticeable extent on evoking knowledge that we cannot tell, and that all our... → 0 Of course language manifests a belief only if we use its words with the implied acceptance of their appositeness. 0 Admittedly, scientific authority is not distributed evenly throughout the body of scientists; some distinguished members of the profession... → 0 Admittedly, the body of scientists, as a whole, does uphold the authority of science over the lay public. It controls thereby also the process by... → 0 I hold that the propositions embodied in natural science are not derived by any definite rule from the data of experience, and that they can neither... → 0 My title is intended to suggest that the community of scientists is organized in a way which resembles certain features of a body politic and works... → 0 1 2 Ctrl → Add a quote!


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