The Logic of Liberty: Reflections and Rejoinders by Michael Polanyi (PDF)

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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.

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⭐Michael Polanyi is a fascinating thinker, a rare example of an accomplished scientist who has moved on to do meaningful work in political philosophy and social philosophy and epistemology. He recognized the dangers of totalitarianism and opposed it.To those who have already read his masterwork, Personal Knowledge, the essays contained in the Logic of Liberty might seem a tad redundant, but it is always worth visiting the mind of a great thinker like Polanyi. Moreover, this volume provides some insights into the development of his thought, specifically how his practice as a scientist led him to be an important defender of spontaneous order and a critic of central planning.The central messages of his work are as follows: 1.) all belief systems, including the hard sciences, spring from an irreducibly personal starting point, a conviction that we have that we cannot compel others to accept and 2.) humanity’s best hope for attaining truth, justice and beauty lie in a community of freely associating people who share the same personal convictions. Science is successful precisely because it is such a community.The two best essays in this volume, in my opinion are “Scientific Conviction and “Perils of Inconsistency.” The first provides a pretty good overview of Polanyi’s philosophy of science and epistemology generally. The latter traces the different attitudes toward liberty held in Britain and Continental Europe. Polanyi contends that, in some sense, British inconsistency saved it from implementing too much radical change.This volume can’t be described as Polanyi’s most important work, but it is worth reading nonetheless.

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