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I consider Michael Polanyi's works to be very important in a certain way. MP's The Tacit Dimension (1966, ~120pp) is a good introduction to his ideas about "Ta
by 8bitsrule 7y ago
I consider Michael Polanyi's works to be very important in a certain way.
MP's The Tacit Dimension (1966, ~120pp) is a good introduction to his ideas about "Tacit knowledge", i.e. 'we can know more than we can tell', e.g. facial recognition. , A quick and enjoyable read that might appeal to many in this crowd.
Akin to Hadamard's Psychology of Invention in the Mathematical Field.
If you've got time, MP's earlier Personal Knowledge (1958, ~400pp) might be a worthwhile deeper-dive. I recall that his style reminded me of Lewis Thomas.