> ... Michael Polanyi's ... ideas are based
> on the belief that all knowledge is either
> tacit (silent and unspoken) or rooted
> in tacit knowledge.
I never heard of Polanyi until this forum introduced me to his name,
however, never fearing to rush in where angels fear to tread, I'll say
that the short and presumably accurate sentence above makes little red
flags go up in my little pea brain. There's nothing there referring
knowledge to God or saying that real knowledge is rooted in God and His
revelation. I suspect that, if the summary above is correct, Polanyi's
logic eventually leads us to "nobody's grasp of reality is any better
than anybody else's grasp of reality, therefore nobody's knowledge is any
better than another's knowledge." If Polanyi uses this to conclude that
the poor certitude of our own knowledge is a good reason to root
ourselves in Christ, then he must have been a wise man. On the other
hand, if he uses this to promote moral relativism and ecumenism, then he
had no wisdom at all.
So, Polanyi fans, did I come close, or do I get no cigar?
vincent j fulton
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