Author: Frank A. VaughnPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 92
Book Description
A Practical Application of the Principles of Scientific Street Lighting
Author: Frank A. VaughnTransactions of the Illuminating Engineering Society
Author: Transactions of the Illuminating Engineering Society
Author: Illuminating Engineering SocietyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Lighting
Languages : en
Pages : 772
Book Description
Municipal Reference Library Notes
Author: Municipal Reference Library Notes
Author: New York Public Library. Municipal Reference LibraryPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Cities and towns
Languages : en
Pages : 360
Book Description
Special Libraries
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Bibliography
Languages : en
Pages : 538
Book Description
Also includes 1st-5th SLA triennial salary surveys.
Lighting Journal
Author: Electrical World
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Electrical engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 916
Book Description
Technical Books
Author: Pratt Institute. LibraryPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Best books
Languages : en
Pages : 550
Book Description
Reconsidering Michael Polanyi’s Philosophy
Author: Stefania Ruzsits JhaPublisher: University of Pittsburgh Pre
ISBN: 0822977338
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 329
Book Description
The chemist and philosopher Michael Polanyi (1891-1976) was one of the first twentieth-century scientists to propose a program to resolve the internal conflict of the modern Enlightenment: scientific detachment and moral nihilism with humanist values. Stefania Jha’s intellectual biography places Polanyi in the context of his time and culture, analyzes his key philosophical ideas, and explicates the application--and at times misappropriation--of his work. Polanyi's method was not laid out in his published works, and his vocabulary tends to make his writings difficult to understand. By exposing the structure of his theory of tacit knowing, and by tracing the growth of his thinking, Jha shows how the various elements of his thought are integrated. Through examination of his philosophical roots in Kant and the complexity of his evolving thought, she counteracts the popular notion that Polanyi’s philosophy stands apart from the western philosophic tradition. Jha's deep analysis makes Polanyi's shift of focus from science to philosophy more intelligible, his philosophy more approachable, and the causes he championed--such as the freedom of science and cultural freedom -- more understandable. Applying his notion of tacit knowing in practical directions, Jha seeks to bring the study of Polanyi's philosophy out of the specialists' enclave and into such fields as ethics and clinical medicine.