Wittgenstein and Polanyi: Metaphysics Reconsidered

Tradition and Discovery 26 (1):19-27 (1999)
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This paper looks at Wittgenstein’s criticism of metaphysical philosophy and its possible reconstitution through Polanyi’s epistemology of tacit knowing. The two approaches are contrasted in the end in response to the question “What is the meaning of life?”

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