Michael Polanyi Quote

The amount of knowledge which we can justify from evidence directly available to us can never be large. The overwhelming proportion of our factual beliefs continue therefore to be held at second hand through trusting others, and in the great majority of cases our trust is placed in the authority of comparatively few people of widely acknowledged standing.


Personal Knowledge (ed. Routledge, 2012) - ISBN: 9781134746101


The amount of knowledge which we can justify from evidence directly available to us can never be large. The overwhelming proportion of our factual...

The amount of knowledge which we can justify from evidence directly available to us can never be large. The overwhelming proportion of our factual...

The amount of knowledge which we can justify from evidence directly available to us can never be large. The overwhelming proportion of our factual...

The amount of knowledge which we can justify from evidence directly available to us can never be large. The overwhelming proportion of our factual...