Yup! Need to look with more care than that. Lance ----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: March 18, 2004 13:55 Subject: Re: [TruthTalk] POLYANYI
> > > > ... Michael Polanyi's ... ideas are based > > on the belief that all knowledge is either > > tacit (silent and unspoken) or rooted > > in tacit knowledge. > > I never heard of Polanyi until this forum introduced me to his name, > however, never fearing to rush in where angels fear to tread, I'll say > that the short and presumably accurate sentence above makes little red > flags go up in my little pea brain. There's nothing there referring > knowledge to God or saying that real knowledge is rooted in God and His > revelation. I suspect that, if the summary above is correct, Polanyi's > logic eventually leads us to "nobody's grasp of reality is any better > than anybody else's grasp of reality, therefore nobody's knowledge is any > better than another's knowledge." If Polanyi uses this to conclude that > the poor certitude of our own knowledge is a good reason to root > ourselves in Christ, then he must have been a wise man. On the other > hand, if he uses this to promote moral relativism and ecumenism, then he > had no wisdom at all. > > So, Polanyi fans, did I come close, or do I get no cigar? > > vincent j fulton > ---------- > "Let your speech be always with grace, seasoned with salt, that you may know how you ought to answer every man." (Colossians 4:6) http://www.InnGlory.org > > If you do not want to receive posts from this list, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and you will be unsubscribed. If you have a friend who wants to join, tell him to send an e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and he will be subscribed. ---------- "Let your speech be always with grace, seasoned with salt, that you may know how you ought to answer every man." (Colossians 4:6) http://www.InnGlory.org If you do not want to receive posts from this list, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and you will be unsubscribed. If you have a friend who wants to join, tell him to send an e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and he will be subscribed.
