{"id":29158,"date":"2022-10-19T22:34:49","date_gmt":"2022-10-20T05:34:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.georgefox.edu\/dlgp\/?p=29158"},"modified":"2022-10-19T22:34:49","modified_gmt":"2022-10-20T05:34:49","slug":"the-science-of-discovery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.georgefox.edu\/dlgp\/the-science-of-discovery\/","title":{"rendered":"The Science of Discovery"},"content":{"rendered":"

Michael Polanyi, a scientist and philosopher of Hungarian-British descent, facilitates an interesting discussion in The Tacit Dimension<\/em>. At the core of this philosophical work is the \u201cthe fact that we can know more than we can tell<\/em>.\u201d[1]<\/a> While the example in use is the ability to know a person\u2019s face from a crowd without the knowledge of how we recognized it.[2]<\/a> In exploring this work, it was clear to me that this concept that knowing what and knowing how work together in any given situation to develop a tactic knowing which develops meaning to us.[3]<\/a> While Polanyi focuses on the sciences, this work can be applied across a variety of facets of life \u2013 religion, politics, culture \u2013 nearly anything and everything. Tacit knowledge and the meaning connected to it then become guides in how we function in our daily lives.<\/p>\n

While much of Polanyi\u2019s writing is philosophy beyond my understanding, I do appreciate his desire for his concepts and discoveries to be known and reacted to by a wide range of academic disciplines. While not explicit in his discussion of a Creator, I did find several connections to biblical concepts and applications for me as a follower of Christ, including:<\/p>\n