Michael Polanyi and the Philosophy of Medicine Richard
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One of the great contributions of the profession of medicine to the twentieth century is Michael Polanyi’s philosophy of knowing yet the medical contribution of Polanyi is barely noticed. Most authors, including myself, commenting on Polanyi’s polymath character note that Polanyi began his scientific career in medicine but early Polanyi turned to physical chemistry. Except for the interesting historical anecdote about Polanyi’s getting diphtheria as a medical doctor while serving in the Austro-Hungarian army in World War I, then writing his doctoral dissertation on the potential theory of adsorption during his convalescence from the diphtheria, little is made of Polanyi’s background in medicine or of his use of medicine in his work as a major thinker of this century. In the study of Polanyi, medicine is only a preface to Polanyi’s major careers in physical chemistry and in philosophical and social thought. Polanyi’s readers are aware of his knowledge of medicine through his use of examples of medical practice and his grounding in biological science. Even so, these obvious clues have not led to the exploration of the importance of medicine in Polanyi’s thought.
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