Science, Faith, Society: New Essays on the Philosophy of Michael Polanyi

The book is arguably the first comprehensive collection of essays on Michael Polanyi’s social, political philosophy. The essays combine philosophical and historical approaches to show Polanyi’s social thought in the context of his epistemology and philosophy of science as well as the 20th century intellectual history. This volume appeals to specialists in Michael Polanyi’s philosophy, political philosophers who are interested in the 20^th century political thought, mainly conservative-liberal political tradition. Furthermore it appeals to scholars focusing on the intersections between epistemology and political philosophy.

Péter Hartl is a research fellow at the Institute of Philosophy, Research Centre for the Humanities, Budapest (formerly known as Hungarian Academy of Sciences). He is a member of MTA-Lendület Morals and Values Research Group. His research focuses on epistemology, philosophy of science and history of philosophy. He co-edited The Value of Truth special issue for Synthese and the volume entitled Science, Freedom, Democracy (published by Routledge, 2021). Also, hisco-edited volume entitled Metatheories of Disagreement is forthcoming by Wiley-Blackwell. Hartl authored papers on Michael Polanyi’s philosophy including ＂The ethos of science and central planning: Merton and Michael Polanyi on the Autonomy of Science＂ published in Science, Freedom, Democracy (Routledge, 2021).