Transcendent Mind, Emergent Universe in the Thought of Michael Polanyi

Michael Polanyi

RECENTLY there fell into my hands by the kindness of its author a book which has revealed to me a new, and I think much better, understanding of the situation we are facing today in consequence of the modern scientific revolution. The author’s name is Josef Pieper, professor of philosophical anthropology at the University of Münster, and his book which so impressed me is entitled Scizolastik. (...

Artificial Thought and Emergent Mind

We consider the question of whether or not a successful attempt to simulate human (rational) thought on a computer can contribute to our understanding of the mind, including perhaps consciousness. The now fashionable concept of "emergence" may tu rn out to be more appropriate, bu t sti l l does not seem to provide a final answer.

Ethics For The Post-Critical Era: Perspectives from the Thought of Michael Polanyi

Michael Polanyi and Human Identity

Michael Polanyi and Spontaneous Order , 1941 - 1951