The Logic of Liberty: Reflections and Rejoinders

by Michael Polanyi

Overview

A chemist and member of a family renowned for its learning in several disciplines, Michael Polanyi experienced first-hand the horrors of totalitarian government and worldwide war. He argued that centrally planned organizations—or governments—based solely on the methods of science threaten to foreclose a full human knowledge of the mysteries of existence and therefore pose a direct threat not only to academic freedom but also to social and political liberty.

Michael Polanyi (1891–1976) was an internationally renowned scientist, philosopher, and professor whose other works include Personal Knowledge and The Tacit Dimension.

Stuart D. Warner is Associate Professor of Philosophy at Roosevelt University, Chicago, Illinois.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780865971820
Publisher:	Liberty Fund, Incorporated
Publication date:	07/30/1998
Series:	Midway Reprint Ser.
Pages:	277
Product dimensions:	5.70(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.90(d)
Age Range:	18 Years

Table of Contents

Part I PART I THE EXAMPLE OF SCIENCE; Chapter 1 ::; Chapter 2 ::; Chapter 3 ::; Chapter 4 ::; Chapter 5 ::; Chapter 6 ::; Part II PART II OTHER EXAMPLES; Chapter 7 7 PERILS OF INCONSISTENCY; Chapter 8 ::; Chapter 9 ::; Chapter 10 10 MANAGEABILITY OF SOCIAL TASKSINDEX;