Podcasts about Michael Polanyi

What have we lost when the expert aesthetic judgement of professors and literary critics is replaced by the marketplace and bestseller lists? How can someone be both a critic and a creator, and do those identities improve or detract from each other?Michael W. Clune is a professor at Case Western Reserve University and the author of several books, including the subject of this discussion, A Defense of Judgment, and the upcoming novel Pan.Greg and Michael discuss Michael's perspective on the necessity of judgment in the study of literature and the arts, contrasting it with the modern academic trend that moves away from making definitive evaluations. Michael draws parallels between literary criticism and economics, highlighting a shift towards egalitarianism and market-driven valuations at the expense of aesthetic judgment. Their conversation delves into the historical evolution of these ideas, the importance of close reading, and the role of literary education in transforming personal taste and understanding. *unSILOed Podcast is produced by University FM.*Episode Quotes:Michael finds it counterintuitive and strange that there is no public standard for distinguishing great art from mediocre art.05:18 To say that there's no public standard for judging some work's better than the other and to say that everyone should make their own judgements and professors and critics and museum curators shouldn't try to tell people what's good and what's not, that presents as like, oh, everyone gets to choose.There's no public standard. But in fact, what you actually see happening is that it's the replacement of one standard, the judgment of those educated in the arts by another standard, which is the marketplace. And so, bestseller lists basically replace the canon that's constantly changing and there's all of complex judgments, but that's basically the displacement. So in fact, it's not really an egalitarian move in the way that many of its proponents take it to be. It's actually a disavowal of the expertise of aesthetic educators and throwing everything to the kinds of orderings produced by the marketplace.Everyone can make artistic judgments.03:01 There's no coherent way to do literary study or to teach art history without making judgments all the time. That's just the nature of it.The practice of teaching literature requires tacit skills. 20:01 When it comes down to the brass tacks of pedagogy of teaching, and this is a famous thing about literary study, let's say Moby Dick, you could imagine a version of the class where I just talk about Moby Dick and no one reads it, and I describe how great it is and how wonderful it is, and how it's surprising and strange and so forth. You could do that in chemistry. You could do something like that in economics or in physics, but in literature, the student has to encounter it for him or herself, right? It's like nothing is happening unless they're encountering for themselves, unless they have the experience in which something magical is disclosed to them. And so, the actual practice of teaching literature involves what the chemist and philosopher of science Michael Polanyi, described as tacit skills, which is really simply a kind of knowing how, without being able to say exactly what you're doing.Aesthetic education is a vital human need and universities are failing to provide it44:01 The desire for aesthetic education, the desire to have one's taste, be guided to know what books one should look at, how one should read those books, how one should spend one's precious time. That desire is totally out there and is very strong and is not being met by literature departments in the way that I think they should. I think it's a tragedy and a big mistake that literature in our departments are no longer fulfilling that vital human need. Show Links:Recommended Resources:Democracy in AmericaLéon WalrasCarl MengerWilliam Stanley JevonsMichael PolanyiIn Praise of Commercial CultureCultural Capital: The Problem of Literary Canon FormationDavid HumeImmanuel KantJohn KeatsGwendolyn BrooksMoby-DickH. G. WellsJane AustenMarcel ProustHelen VendlerGuest Profile:Faculty Profile at Case Western Reserve UniversityProfile on WikipediaMichaelWClune.comHis Work:Amazon Author PagePan: A NovelWhite Out: The Secret Life of HeroinA Defense of JudgmentGamelife: A MemoirAmerican Literature and the Free Market, 1945–2000Writing Against TimeHarpers Magazine Articles

"Listening is everything. Without listening, there's no music, no art, no understanding—just noise.” (Charlie Peacock, from the episode) Acclaimed musician, producer, podcaster, and author Charlie Peacock joins Mark Labberton to reflect on music, art, attention, listening, faith, and spirituality. From his groundbreaking work in pop music production (e.g., Amy Grant, Switchfoot, the Civil Wars), to his deep engagement with faith and mentorship, Charlie explores how attention shapes creativity, why making space for beauty is a spiritual discipline, and how a life of music can be an act of service. Through stories of artistic risk, collaboration, and calling, this conversation explores the rhythms of a flourishing life. In this episode, they discuss: Charlie's new memoir, Roots and Rhythm: A Life In Music The communal nature of making and producing music The unsung music heroes from Charlie's life Non-neutrality and the interdependence of all things Hearing and visualizing music The intersection of creativity, spirituality, and paying attention, How listening transforms both art and relationships, Life lessons from jazz, pop, and worship music production, And the role of both sound and silence in artistic and spiritual life. About Charlie Peacock Charlie Peacock is a six-time Grammy Award–winning musician and producer, having produced Amy Grant, Switchfoot, the Civil Wars, and many more artists. A three-time recipient of the Gospel Music Association's Producer of the Year Award, he's named by Billboard's Encyclopedia of Record Producers as one of the five hundred most important producers in popular music history. His latest book is Roots and Rhythm: A Life In Music, and you can listen to his podcast, Music & Meaning. For more information visit charliepeacock.com. Episode Highlights "If you're not paying attention, you're missing the song that's already being sung around you." "A mentor doesn't hand you a map; they help you learn how to navigate." "Faith and art are both about trust—trusting the unseen, the unfinished, and the uncertain." "The hardest and best lesson for any artist: keep showing up and doing the work." "Music isn't just a product—it's a means of connection, healing, and worship." Show Notes Charlie Peacock, Roots & Rhythm Music and community The unsung music heroes from Charlie's life Non-neutrality and the interdependence of all things Hearing and visualizing music Michael Polanyi tacit understandings Re-creation of the old into the dramatically new—e.g., Notre Dame Cathedral The joy of generational community Jazz: spirit, skill, and ability “That's what I love about jazz improvisation. There was nothing and then there was something. Over and over again. … When you have those people in a room making music … it's hard to go to sleep at night.” “I have been pursued by a loving Creator … God-haunted since I was a little boy.” “I wanted to know everything. … how, why, what, when … everything.” “Never once was there a moment when I was out of God's grip.” Charlie Peacock's Secret of Time: “God gives you time to be saved.” John Coltrane's spiritual journey “250 people a night…” “I took the F-word out of two songs, and stopped taking 10% from the bar tab.” Hans Rookmaaker Inklings Time in England and the Netherlands, including time at L'Abri (run by Francis and Edith Schaeffer) “An artist and a follower of Jesus, and how those two could be congruent …” “Our death is life to life. The kingdom has already begun. We have been living it. And we will continue to live it.” “Playing with the entire history of music in your brain.” The Civil Wars: “We re-presented hyper-dynamics. … A lot of people have never heard that before. … It invites you in and lets you sit back.” (e.g., pianissimo to forte) Over-compressed music. “That lean in to the music is a part of your participation. … I'm committed to this music.” “I produced music in the ‘80s. I know how to ruin a record. … Big hair and big snare. … But really it had to do with technology.” Music in the late ‘70s and early ‘80s Neil Postman: “To a man with a hammer, everything looks like a nail.” “When I use this tool I have to make sure it doesn't use me.” “My subtext is that this is a book about epistemology. … To say, ‘This is how I know what I know.' It came through God, people, and place.” A worker-bee in the music business “Like a house with a party going on” Vocation, epistemology, and how an artists become who they are Production Credits Conversing is produced and distributed in partnership with Comment magazine and Fuller Seminary.

In this episode, Nathan and Cameron discuss if faith is really the opposite of doubt. They dive into the nature of doubt and the hidden assumptions behind skepticism, challenging the idea that atheism is a neutral starting point. Drawing from thinkers like Leslie Newbigin and Michael Polanyi, they explore how faith and reason intersect. They also examine the intellectual roots of modern skepticism and its impact on contemporary debates. If you're interested in apologetics, theology, and the intersection of faith and culture, this discussion is for you! #Apologetics #Theology #FaithAndReason #ChristianPhilosophy #SkepticismDONATE LINK: https://toltogether.com/donate BOOK A SPEAKER: https://toltogether.com/book-a-speakerJOIN TOL CONNECT: https://toltogether.com/tol-connect TOL Connect is an online forum where TOL listeners can continue the conversation begun on the podcast.

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This week's guest Vandana Shiva says it is no longer climate “change” but “climate havoc”. Then U. of California Distinguished Professor Michael Prather: methane stays in the atmosphere longer than we were told. Dr. Michael Polanyi on logging industry myths Canada tells the  …

The comprehensible yet infinite depth of the universe grounding modern science and medicine arises both through the understanding that God is legislator and creator and that in Christ this person is working not only as designer and sustainer but healer and controller, such that the person and not the laws are in control. This understanding was extended into science by the philosophy of Michael Polanyi who saw the necessity of the personal in faith for understanding the world. Become a Patron! If you enjoyed this podcast, please consider donating to support our work.

In this episode of the Doctor John Patrick podcast, Dr. Patrick explores the decline in deep intellectual engagement and genuine passion within faith. He discusses how Western traditions, rooted in Judeo-Christian values and Greek philosophy, have shaped societal norms and contributed to global progress. Highlighting insights from Michael Polanyi, Dr. Patrick emphasizes the importance of transcendent ideals like truth, justice, and charity, and critiques modern trends such as virtue signaling and the rejection of absolute truths. Join Dr. Patrick in this thoughtful discussion on reconnecting with our deep-rooted traditions to effectively navigate contemporary challenges.   // LINKS // Website: https://www.johnpatrick.ca/ Podcast: https://doctorjohnpatrick.podbean.com/ Biblical Literate Quiz: https://www.johnpatrick.ca/meaning-metaphor-and-allusion/ Recommended Reading list: https://www.johnpatrick.ca/book-list/ Ask Doctor John: https://www.johnpatrick.ca/ask/ LINKS: https://beacons.ai/doctorjohnpatrick

Support me by becoming wiser and more knowledgeable – check out Michael Polanyi's collection of books for sale on Amazon here: https://amzn.to/3TCKc7b If you purchase a book through this link, I will earn a 4.5% commission and be extremely delighted. But if you just want to read and aren't ready to add a new book to your collection yet, I'd recommend checking out the ⁠⁠⁠Internet Archive⁠⁠⁠, the largest free digital library in the world. If you're really feeling benevolent you can buy me a coffee or donate over at ⁠https://ko-fi.com/theunadulteratedintellect⁠⁠. I would seriously appreciate it! __________________________________________________ Michael Polanyi (11 March 1891 – 22 February 1976) was a Hungarian-British polymath, who made important theoretical contributions to physical chemistry, economics, and philosophy. He argued that positivism is a false account of knowing. His wide-ranging research in physical science included chemical kinetics, x-ray diffraction, and adsorption of gases. He pioneered the theory of fibre diffraction analysis in 1921, and the dislocation theory of plastic deformation of ductile metals and other materials in 1934. He emigrated to Germany, in 1926 becoming a chemistry professor at the Kaiser Wilhelm Institute in Berlin, and then in 1933 to England, becoming first a chemistry professor, and then a social sciences professor at the University of Manchester. Two of his pupils won the Nobel Prize, as well as one of his children. In 1944 Polanyi was elected to the Royal Society. The contributions which Polanyi made to the social sciences include the concept of a polycentric spontaneous order and his rejection of a value neutral conception of liberty. They were developed in the context of his opposition to central planning. Audio Source here Full Wikipedia entry ⁠here⁠ Michael Polanyi's books ⁠here --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/theunadulteratedintellect/support

Host Alex Pierson speaks with Dr. Michael Polanyi, Policy and Campaign Manager for Nature-based climate solutions at Nature Canada. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jim talks with Alicia Juarrero about her new book Context Changes Everything: How Constraints Create Coherence. They discuss Aristotle's four causes, applying them to complex dynamical systems, the overfocus on efficient cause, naive Newtonianism, nothing-but-ism, reconceptualizing causality in terms of constraints, mereology, constraint regimes, ascribing causal powers to emergent properties, the roots of panpsychism, Searle's comparison of consciousness with digestion, kinds of constraints, the Dysons' notion of analog control, why analog is more efficient, identity as a set of interdependent constraints, surface vs deep dyslexia & early neural nets, the work of Geoffrey Hinton, the species competitive exclusion principle, cardinality vs ordinality, the social evolution of cassava, Rayleigh-Benard convection, dissipative systems, Alicia's disagreement with Michael Polanyi, the architecture of the circulatory system, scaffolding, top-down causality, many-to-one transitions, degeneracy, pluripotentiality, the ship of Theseus, 4E cognitive science, and much more. Episode Transcript Context Changes Everything: How Constraints Create Coherence, by Alicia Juarrero Dynamics in Action: Intentional Behavior as a Complex System, by Alicia Juarrero "Downward Causation: Polanyi and Prigogine," by Alicia Juarrero "Why Western Science and Philosophy Cannot Deal with the Relations Between Parts and Wholes," by Alicia Juarrero JRS EP105 - Christof Koch on Consciousness JRS Currents 100: Sara Walker and Lee Cronin on Time as an Object Alicia Juarrero, Professor Emerita of Philosophy at Prince George's Community College (MD), is the author of Dynamics in Action: Intentional Behavior as a Complex System (MIT 1999) and co-editor of Reframing Complexity: Perspectives from North and South (ISCE Publishing, 2007), and Emergence, Self-Organization and Complexity: Precursors and Prototypes (ISCE Publishing, 2008).

Canadians have been told time and again by government and industry reps that the country's vast crown-held forests have huge surplus carbon storage capacity for sequestering the country's ever-growing volumes of extracted, transported, burned and/or exported oil and gas production. Michael Polanyi, with Nature Canada, joins me for a discussion about his research demonstrating that the government's own numbers fail to add up and, in fact, support the opposite conclusion - that our forests are and have been net sources of GHG emissions for decades. This trend must be reversed if Canada is to succeed in meeting its emission reduction targets under the Paris and subsequent UN Climate Agreements. This podcast is hosted by ZenCast.fm

In this episode, Dr. John Patrick discusses the loss of Transcendent ideals in modern society and its impact on education, science, and ethics. He shares a quote from Michael Polanyi, a Hungarian author and scientist, who warned about the consequences of losing these ideals. Dr. Patrick also talks about his own experience working in Africa and how it showed him the importance of a narrative that everyone believes in. He argues that without Transcendent ideals, technological solutions to moral problems will not work and emphasizes the need for a philosophical depth in education and ethics. This thought-provoking episode challenges listeners to think critically about the current state of society and the values that underpin it.   // LINKS // Website: https://www.johnpatrick.ca/ Podcast: https://doctorjohnpatrick.podbean.com/ Biblical Literate Quiz: https://www.johnpatrick.ca/meaning-metaphor-and-allusion/ Recommended Reading list: https://www.johnpatrick.ca/book-list/ Ask Doctor John: https://www.johnpatrick.ca/ask/ LINKS: https://beacons.ai/doctorjohnpatrick

"Knowing is an activity that all of us are involved in, all of the time," writes Dr. Esther Meek in her book Longing to Know, which turns 20 this year. "Usually knowing happens without our taking great thought to the process. But sometimes we stop and think about what we're doing. When we stop and think, what we were doing without much thought becomes murky indeed." Think of learning to ride a bike. After a period of assisted practice, something clicks. A person who initially couldn't balance on a bike can suddenly ride off on their own. The external process of learning to ride a bike—guidance from a parent or a friend, training wheels, brief intervals of unassisted pedaling—are all easily identifiable. But the personal transformation—from not knowing how to ride a bike to knowing how—is more mysterious. Building on the thought of Michael Polanyi, Dr. Meek challenges conceptions of knowing that have reigned since the Enlightenment, which don't reflect the way the biblical authors appear to portray how we acquire knowledge. It turns out that, for instance, doing what YHWH commands "so that you may know" looks a lot like learning to ride a bike. Esther Lightcap Meek (BA Cedarville College; MA Western Kentucky University; PhD Temple University) is Professor of Philosophy emeritus at Geneva College, in Western Pennsylvania. She is also Senior Scholar with The Seattle School for Theology and Psychology, a Fujimura Institute Scholar, an Associate Fellow with the Kirby Laing Center for Public Theology, and a member of the Polanyi Society. Show notes: 00:26 The bike-riding paradigm of knowing 04:30 Modernism, postmodernism, and Longing to Know 10:40 The nature of science, and "risky confidence" 15:03 How Dr. Meek got into philosophy—"very odd questions" 18:44 Making contact with reality 27:54 Reality is person-like 29:49 Christians allied with modernism 31:20 The need for a stronger doctrine of creation—a metaphysics Show notes by Celina Durgin

In deze podcast met Sietske Dijkstra gaat het over belichaamde professionaliteit en het versterken van een zeker lichaamsbewustzijn, over de tacit dimension van Michael Polanyi. Alles vanuit het besef dat we meer zijn dan onze gedachten.

We ramble on about Minister Wilkinson, the financial and political volatility of oil and gas, and the divine knowledge of CEOs. Stefan speaks with Michael Polanyi from Nature Canada about how logging in Canada might be as carbon-intensive as the oil sands.

This week, Zohar is joined by entrepreneur, investor, and philanthropist Joe Lonsdale to discuss optimism, decadence, globalization and tribalism, virtue ethics and utilitarianism, Romans and Jews, The University of Austin and liberal arts, Rabbi Soloveitchik, Hannah Arendt, Michael Polanyi, Nietzsche, and the conflicting values at the heart of Western Civilization. Meditations with Zohar is supported by the Mercatus Center at George Mason University, bridging the gap between big ideas and real world problems. Read more from Zohar at his Torah newsletter Etz Hasadeh or his philosophy newsletter What is Called Thinking. Meditations with Zohar is a production of SoulShop and Lyceum Studios.

This week, Zohar is joined by entrepreneur, investor, and philanthropist Joe Lonsdale to discuss optimism, decadence, globalization and tribalism, virtue ethics and utilitarianism, Romans and Jews, The University of Austin and liberal arts, Rabbi Soloveitchik, Hannah Arendt, Michael Polanyi, Nietzsche, and the conflicting values at the heart of Western Civilization. Meditations with Zohar is supported by the Mercatus Center at George Mason University, bridging the gap between big ideas and real world problems. Read more from Zohar at his Torah newsletter Etz Hasadeh or his philosophy newsletter What is Called Thinking. Meditations with Zohar is a production of SoulShop and Lyceum Studios.

Tayo and John report on the first ever UK Estuary meeting in Birmingham. Join us August 31 2022 in Swinton, Manchester at Kings Church Salford (M27 8TD) from  7:30 - 9:30 Then cross over to our friends in Northern Ireland and on 2nd September we have 'The Meaning Crisis, Modernity, and the Christian Way Writer', with writer Paul Kingsnorth, Deacon, and TV Presenter, Fr. Calvin Robinson https://benburbpriory.com/event/the-meaning-crisis-modernity-and-the-christian-way-a-benburb-priory-conference/  Then we fly back to London on Saturday, 3rd Saturday at Oakhill Collage in Southgate in North London,    We have two events we have at 4 pm we have a seminar on 'Meaning Truth and Trust' led by Kristi Mair who is doing a PDd in the work of Michael Polanyi and will be chaired by Podcaster and writer Glen Scrivener. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/meaning-truth-trust-tickets-388043016107 Then after that at 6.30 pm I discuss 'mission and the meaning crisis' with The historian Tom Holland and Glen Scrivener. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/mission-and-the-meaning-crisis-tickets-388066044987?aff=erelpanelorg The following day Sunday 4th I'm be preaching at 10 am at Streatham central church in South London. Then in Streatham for a Q&A and Estuary at 5pm onward. On Monday 5th I'll be at Lee Abbey London near earls court Tube station, again we will talk bit about how and why to dialogue well and run a local estuary group No, the next day Tuesday 6th of September, I'm to Salisbury in the West of England savouring the sights and sounds and then a chance to chinwag with a few people at an Evening meal at “The Pheasant” from 6.30, and a Discussion over drinks from 7.30pm Why not book and join us If you're in the UK it would be great to see you in real life!

Tayo launches his second Estuary group this time in his home church and in the town where he lives. It was a large gathering and challenging in other respects but he handled it well.  https://benburbpriory.com/event/the-meaning-crisis-modernity-and-the-christian-way-a-benburb-priory-conference/  Then we fly back to London on Saturday, 3rd Saturday at Oakhill Collage in Southgate in North London,  We have two events we have at 4 pm we have a seminar on 'Meaning Truth and Trust' led by Kristi Mair who is doing a PDd in the work of Michael Polanyi and will be chaired by Podcaster and writer Glen Scrivener. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/meaning-truth-trust-tickets-388043016107 Then after that at 6.30 pm I discuss 'mission and the meaning crisis' with The historian Tom Holland and Glen Scrivener. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/mission-and-the-meaning-crisis-tickets-388066044987?aff=erelpanelorg The following day Sunday 4th I'm be preaching at 10 am at Streatham central church in South London. Then in Streatham for a Q&A and Estuary at 5pm onward. On Monday 5th I'll be at Lee Abbey London near Earls Court Tube Station, at 7:30  Tuesday 6th of September, I'm to Salisbury Evensong 5:00 at Salisbury Cathedral, 6:30 for a meal, 7:30 for drinks and discussion.  The Pheasant Restaurant, 19 Salt Lane Salisbury SP1 1DT If you're in the UK it would be great to see you in real life!

John Van Donk will be in Birmingham  30th August at  7.30pm in The Baccus Bar. Paul will not be there because he'll be visiting a friend in another town. This will be the only event Paul will not attend.  The next day, in Manchester 31 August we will be meeting 7.30pm at Kings Church Salford. We will talk a bit about how and why to dialogue well and run a local estuary group Look for the links in the comments section.  Then cross over to our friends in Northern Ireland and on 2nd September we have 'The Meaning Crisis, Modernity, and the Christian Way Writer', with writer Paul Kingsnorth, Deacon, and TV Presenter, Fr. Calvin Robinson https://benburbpriory.com/event/the-meaning-crisis-modernity-and-the-christian-way-a-benburb-priory-conference/  Then we fly back to London on Saturday, 3rd Saturday at Oakhill Collage in Southgate in North London,    We have two events we have at 4 pm we have a seminar on 'Meaning Truth and Trust' led by Kristi Mair who is doing a PDd in the work of Michael Polanyi and will be chaired by Podcaster and writer Glen Scrivener. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/meaning-truth-trust-tickets-388043016107 Then after that at 6.30 pm I discuss 'mission and the meaning crisis' with The historian Tom Holland and Glen Scrivener. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/mission-and-the-meaning-crisis-tickets-388066044987?aff=erelpanelorg The following day Sunday 4th I'm be preaching at 10 am at Streatham central church in South London. Then in Streatham for a Q&A and Estuary at 5pm onward. On Monday 5th I'll be at Lee Abbey London near earls court Tube station, again we will talk bit about how and why to dialogue well and run a local estuary group No, the next day Tuesday 6th of September, I'm to Salisbury in the West of England savouring the sights and sounds and then a chance to chinwag with a few people at an Evening meal at “The Pheasant” from 6.30, and a Discussion over drinks from 7.30pm Why not book and join us If you're in the UK it would be great to see you in real life!

Who is Michael PolanyI? What is tacit knowledge? What is Covenantal Epistemology? Dr. Esther Meek joins me on this episode of the Parker's Pensées Podcast to help me find out. If you like this podcast, then support it on Patreon for $3, $5 or more a month. Any amount helps, and for $5 you get a Parker's Pensées sticker and instant access to all the episode as I record them instead of waiting for their release date. Check it out here: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/parkers_pensees If you want to give a one-time gift, you can give at my Paypal: https://paypal.me/ParkersPensees?locale.x=en_US Check out my merchandise at my Teespring store: https://teespring.com/stores/parkers-penses-merch Check out my blog posts: https://parkersettecase.com/ Check out my Parker's Pensées YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYbTRurpFP5q4TpDD_P2JDA Check out my other YouTube channel on my frogs and turtles: https://www.youtube.com/c/ParkerSettecase Check me out on Twitter: https://twitter.com/trendsettercase Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/parkers_pensees/ Time Is Running by MusicLFiles Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/6203-time-is-running License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/parkers-pensees/support

This lecture was given on March 26, 2022 at the Dominican House of Studies as part of the Thomistic Institute's Annual Spring Thomistic Circles Conference: "Our Father: Prayer and Theology." For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Fr Oliver is the Director of the Aquinas Institute and a member of the Theology Faculty at the University of Oxford. As Fellow and Lector, Fr Oliver teaches Systematic Theology at Blackfriars. As Director of the Aquinas Institute, he has responsibility for coordinating its research programme and for organising its annual programme of reading classes, seminars, lectures and colloquia. He completed his doctorate at the University of Oxford (under the supervision of Professor Graham Ward). His doctoral work outlined a semantic ontology for Christian dogmatics, in dialogue with the philosophy of Michael Polanyi. He specialises in theological ontology, theological epistemology, and twentieth-century dogmatics, particularly Catholic receptions of Karl Barth. Together with Dr Daniel De Haan, he is leading a two-year Templeton-funded project on ‘Truth, Aquinas, and the Theological Turn in Continental Philosophy‘. In addition to his work at Blackfriars, he is a Translation Fellow of the Center for Barth Studies at Princeton Theological Seminary; an Associate Lecturer at the Maryvale Institute; Trustee of the Eckhart Society; a member of the Editorial Board of New Blackfriars; and the Master of Students for the English Dominicans.

Scripture exhorts us not to be conformed to this world, but to be transformed by the renewing of our minds. How much does the world subtly influence our thinking about God? In our day and age we are accustomed to "Googling" or asking Alexa for facts and information about anything from the weather to world news. How does this impact our thinking about God? Is God just a set of propositions to be defended? And must we exhaustively demonstrate evidence for God through rigorous proofs and experiments? On part two of our discussion with Christian philosopher Dr. Esther Lightcap Meek, we unpack some of these problematic ideas about modernist thinking and Esther offers insightful correctives to modern ideas through integrating the thoughts of scientist and philosopher Michael Polanyi and theologian John M. Frame  in her own thesis as "covenant epistemology." Whether it is the art of science, riding a bike, or knowing your auto mechanic, knowledge is inherently personal and participatory. We are beings in bodies, living souls, divine image bearers, subjects of our Creator. Our knowledge of God comes through participating in the community and work in which He has placed us.Dr. Esther Lightcap Meek (BA Cedarville College, MA Western Kentucky University, Ph.D Temple University) is Professor of Philosophy emeritus at Geneva College, in Western Pennsylvania. She is a Fellow Scholar with the Fujimura Institute, an Associate Fellow with the Kirby Laing Center for Public Theology, and a member of the Polanyi Society. She offers courses for Theopolis Institute, The Seattle School of Theology and Psychology, and Regent College. Esther now works from Steubenville, Ohio. Her books include: Longing to Know - The Philosophy of Knowledge for Ordinary People (Baker Publishing Group, 2003) Loving To Know - Covenant Epistemology (Cascade Books, 2011) A Little Manual For Knowing (Cascade Books, 2014) Contact with Reality (Cascade Books, 2017) Be sure to check out our other podcasts on the importance of philosophy in the Christian faith! Dr. Timothy McGrew discusses the problems with David Hume's skepticism (Part 1, Part 2) Dr. Jamie Dew discusses basic epistemology as it relates to our knowledge of God (Listen Here)  Dr. Paul Gould discusses why philosophy is important for Christianity (Part 1, Part 2)  Dr. Luke Barnes discusses a philosophy of science known as "scientism" (Part 1, Part 2) ADDITIONAL RESOURCES: Dr. Meek's website: EstherLightcapMeek.com Watchman Fellowship's 4-page Profile on Atheism by Robert M. Bowman: watchman.org/Atheism Watchman Fellowship's 4-page Profile on Agnosticism by W. Russell Crawford: watchman.org/Agnostic Watchman Fellowship's 4-page Profile on Scientism by and Luke Barnes and Daniel Ray: watchman.org/scientism Watchman Fellowship's 4-page Profile on Street Epistemology by Daniel Ray: watchman.org/SE FREE: We are also offering a free subscription to our bimonthly Profiles here: www.watchman.org/FreeSUPPORT: Help us create more content like this. Make a tax-deductible donation here: www.watchman.org/give.Apologetics Profile is a ministry of Watchman FellowshipFor more information, visit www.watchman.org © Watchman Fellowship, Inc.

It is no small claim to say that we know God. But how do we know God? What does it mean to have faith in God? And must we scientifically demonstrate our knowledge about God to our skeptic friends and neighbors who demand we do so?On the next two episodes of Apologetics Profile, we will explore these epistemological questions with Christian philosopher Dr. Esther Lightcap Meek, whose personal skeptical quest (beginning at age 13) to know how she knew about God eventually led her to the theology of John M. Frame and the work of Christian philosopher and scientist Michael Polanyi. Esther's book, Longing to Know - The Philosophy of Knowledge for Ordinary People (Baker Publishing Group) uhop.me/LongingToKnow, uniquely combines the ideas of Frame and Polanyi into what she proposes as "covenant epistemology." This synthesis embodies real-world, practical examples of how we know what we know and relates them to our knowledge of and relationship with God. We hope these next two episodes will encourage and equip you to be prepared to give a charitable and intelligent defense of your faith in Christ to those who ask. Dr. Esther Lightcap Meek (BA Cedarville College, MA Western Kentucky University, Ph.D Temple University) is Professor of Philosophy emeritus at Geneva College, in Western Pennsylvania. She is a Fellow Scholar with the Fujimura Institute, an Associate Fellow with the Kirby Laing Center for Public Theology, and a member of the Polanyi Society. She offers courses for Theopolis Institute, The Seattle School of Theology and Psychology, and Regent College. Esther now works from Steubenville, Ohio. Her additional books include: Loving To Know - Covenant Epistemology (Cascade Books, 2011)  A Little Manual For Knowing (Cascade Books, 2014)  Contact with Reality (Cascade Books, 2017) ADDITIONAL RESOURCES:  Watchman Fellowship's 4-page Profile on Atheism by Robert M. Bowman: watchman.org/Atheism Watchman Fellowship's 4-page Profile on Agnosticism by W. Russell Crawford: watchman.org/Agnostic Watchman Fellowship's 4-page Profile on Scientism by and Luke Barnes and Daniel Ray: watchman.org/scientism Watchman Fellowship's 4-page Profile on Street Epistemology by Daniel Ray: watchman.org/SE  FREE: We are also offering a free subscription to our bimonthly Profiles here: www.watchman.org/FreeSUPPORT: Help us create more content like this. Make a tax-deductible donation here: www.watchman.org/give.Apologetics Profile is a ministry of Watchman FellowshipFor more information, visit www.watchman.org© Watchman Fellowship, Inc.

Many of us loved playing video games as a kid. Now that we've all grown up, we still play. A lot. In this episode Mike and I talk about video games and the significant use of them common among grown men today. Books Mentioned in This Episode: Amusing Ourselves to Death - Neil Postman The Master & His Emissary - Iain McGilchrist Personal Knowledge: Towards a post-critical philosophy - Michael Polanyi

Jon Fennell, Professor Emeritus of Education and former Dean of Social Sciences at Hillsdale College, joins host Scot Bertram to discuss the thinking and teaching of Michael Polanyi.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

John Fennell, Professor Emeritus of Education and former Dean of Social Sciences at Hillsdale College, joins host Scot Bertram to discuss the thinking and teaching of Michael Polanyi.

This ID the Future wraps up a lively four-part series between religious skeptic Michael Shermer and Return of the God Hypothesis author and philosopher of science Stephen Meyer. Here Meyer underscores the fact that every worldview must posit something as the prime reality, and he argues that positing mind (rather than matter) as the prime reality solves far more problems in science, and not just in origins science. What about the idea of a multiverse to explain the fine tuning of the laws and constants of physics? Meyer concedes that this is a solution of sorts, but it comes at a tremendous cost, which he explains. That's just a taste of where Meyer and Shermer go in this final segment. Read More › Source

On this ID the Future, Return of the God Hypothesis author Stephen Meyer and skeptic Michael Shermer address the question of how a divine immaterial being could act in the material world to design and fashion things such as the first life. Meyer argues that while we don't know precisely how an immaterial mind would do this or did do this, we have good evidence that minds can and do affect matter, as for instance in the evidence that our minds can affect our brains and, by extension, our bodies. Meyer and Shermer also discuss the idea of front-loaded intelligent design—that is, where God loaded into the moment of the Big Bang everything necessary for the emergence of stars, planets, Earth, Read More › Source

Julian is a friend I met in the community around Paul VanderKlay. He is a Hutterite from Canada who has recently taken upon himself to learn more about the Trinity. We discuss the connection between belief and practice, trinitarian education, the historical connections between Hutterites and Unitarians, primitivism, Schleiermacher, Fred Sanders, Michael Reeves, Karl Barth, Jordan Peterson, evangelical identity, cardinal sins, Michael Polanyi, tacit belief, the difficulties of interpretation, Bart Ehrman, proper Christian cultural engagement, Neoplatonism, Alister McGrath, the Bible Project, and just who is this Jesus? The conversation ends abruptly due to connectivity issues, but we hope to resume it again soon.

We talk about storms, climate reparations, Gretchen Whitmer, Trump, Doug Ford and COVID. Stefan interviews The Sustainable Economist Tim Nash and Michael Polanyi of Toronto Environmental Alliance.

Can there be knowledge without a knower? Maggie Appleton joins Henry again in a 2 part chat to discuss how knowledge is personal, through the work of Michael Polanyi. We cover how knowing is an activity, ambient technology, dualism, Bruno Latour, knowing as faith, learning through liturgy, Jesus as the embodiment of God. We end by asking how we should navigate the post-truth world. Transcript: https://hopeinsource.com/embodied.

Welcome to a special guest for Gospel Conversations – Dr Esther Meek. Esther will be front-lining our next conference in 2021 so we decided to give us all a foretaste of her wisdom and she did not disappoint!  She explains her lifelong story as to how she began a quest for truth and reality – as a 13 year old girl in a conservative Christian family. At first she thought her deep questions were sin, but eventually she found a bigger God at the end of them. Esther has pioneered an epistemology grounded in love not data. The great European scientist and thinker, Michael Polanyi, (a favourite of Mark Strom’s from many years ago) was her doorway to a human centred view of reality. Her message is full of passion and urgency – as she explains how everyone in the modern world are ‘babies of Descartes’ and thus have absorbed a lie about the nature of reality. This introductory talk will whet your appetite for more. So let’s pray that the borders relax next year and Esther can meet with us face to face.

Why do we so easily forget where we come from? Dr. Timothy Patitsis joins Henry again to chat about the affect of legacy on our lives through the language of standards, language diversity, being a melting pot or mosaic, Chesterton's fence and legibility, Jane Jacob's tripartite society, algorithmic control and agency, sanctification and faith as an adventure. Michael Polanyi says that "a society which wants to preserve a fund of personal knowledge must submit to tradition". Transcript at https://hopeinsource.com/legacy

Can you be too committed to morality? We've seen in the 20th century (and others) how good intentions can lead to horrific atrocities. The Hungarian scientist, Michael Polanyi, saw in his day what was coming and called this a “moral inversion.

This week Danny and Mike are looking for meaning, pinning the beard on cosmic consciousness, believing a bunch of stuff that they can't prove and wondering how philosophy is different to religion. Featuring special guest stars David Hume, Michael Polanyi and the god of your choice. This week's competition: How many gods does it take to run a universe? Fabulous prizes to be won! First prize is an existential feeling of well being. Three runner-up prizes of existential dread to be had! Mike also goes on holiday and encounters evil. Visit our fb page and join in the fun. https://www.facebook.com/groups/454227078353259/ Follow us on Twitter: @PhilosophyWtf Contact us: philosophywtf@gmail.com

A fantastic interview with philosopher, Esther Meek. A few topics include: (3:25) Meek's Background & Philosophical Concerns (10:30) Epistemological Therapy & Knowledge as Transformation, not Information. (12:30) Michael Polanyi (30:00) Subsidiary Focal Integration (40:00) Liturgy, Bodied Formation and SFI (42:20) Covenant Epistemology ______________ A Week with Esther Meek! An Intro to Covenant Epistemology We are so very pleased to announce that Esther Meek will be the instructor for our 2018 Trinity Course in August. The course will be held August 13-17 at Beeson Divinity School. Learn More: bit.ly/2x8dcwv Registration Link for "Loving to Know: Intro to Covenant Epistemology": bit.ly/2twcSF9 Polanyi Society: http://polanyisociety.org/ Learn More! ______________ Website: www.theopolisinstitute.com Say "hi" on Twitter: twitter.com/_Theopolis "Like" and Follow on Facebook: www.facebook.com/theopolisinstitute/

Guest: Gareth Dale, Brunel University Hosted and produced by Reinhard Schumacher In this episode, Gareth Dale talks about his biography “Karl Polanyi: A Life on the Left”, which has recently been published in paperback. We discuss Polanyi’s childhood and youth in Budapest, his move to Vienna after the First World War, his escape from Austrofascism to first England and later North America, where he would write his main work The Great Transformation. We also talk about Polanyi’s relationship with his wife Ilona Duczyńska and his brother Michael Polanyi. We end the interview with some challenges of writing a biography. Gareth is a social scientist and senior lecturer at Brunel University. Besides Polanyi, his research interests include the political economy of the environment, the growth paradigm, the history of East Germany, the political economy of Eastern Europe, social movement theory, and international migration. Gareth has been working on Karl Polanyi for more than a decade. His research has resulted in several papers as well as the following four books on Polanyi, which are mentioned in the episode: Karl Polanyi: A Life on the Left. 2016. New York: Columbia University Press. Reconstructing Karl Polanyi: Excavation and Critique. 2016 London: Pluto Press. Karl Polanyi: The Hungarian Writings [edited volume]. 2016. Manchester University Press. Karl Polanyi: The Limits of the Market. 2010. Cambridge: Polity Press.

Michael Polanyi from the Children's aid Society of Toronto joined Kelly to talk about the problem.

A consideration of Michael Polanyi's tiered ontology and its implications for positivism...

Martin speaks passionately about tacit knowledge, mentorship, the Master/Disciple relationship, the relief found in realizing that we don’t have to “prove” everything and why the thought of Michael Polanyi matters.BiographyMartin is a Jesuit priest and a Professor at Canisius College in Buffalo, New York. He teaches introduction to world religions (“Lose Your Faith 101″) and various topics in Catholic Theology in the Department of Religious Studies and Theology.He was born in 1952, Allegany, New York, which makes him a “mountain boy.” Allegany county and Cattaraugus county are the two northernmost counties of Appalachia, according to the federal government.He has written Personal Catholicism, published by The Catholic University of America Press, 2000. Michael Polanyi: Scientist and Philosopher, by Oxford University Press, 2005 and Judging Religion Justly: A Catholic Introduction to Religious Studies, published with Cognella University Readers, 2011. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Episode 2 introduces various models of communication. Four different models are discussed, namely the models by Claude Shannon, Roman Jakobson, Ulric Neisser and Michael Polanyi.

Lors du dernier épisode (non hors-série) de LisezLaScience, j’avais parlé du livre d’Étienne Klein “Le Temps (qui parle?)” où il tentait de répondre aux questions d’enfants sur le temps, la manière dont il s’écoule et celle avec laquelle il fuit entre les doigts, avec ce regard de physicien et philosophe spécialiste du sujet qu’on lui connait.Comme l’explique Étienne Klein dans ses différents ouvrages, l’évolution de la conception du temps a accompagné la science, et ses révolutions, depuis que l’Homme s’intéresse au monde qui l’entoure. Ces révolutions, leur fonctionnement et leur structuration, ont été théorisées et Thomas Kuhn a apporté sa pierre à ces réflexions via son livre “La Structure Des Révolutions Scientifiques” dont nous allons parler aujourd’hui. L’auteur va ainsi aborder dans cet ouvrage comment ces révolutions scientifiques se sont construites et comment les paradigmes évoluent bien différemment de ce que l’on pourrait penser de prime abord. Sommaire Quelques mots sur Thomas Kuhn Le livre “La Structure Des Révolutions Scientifiques” Un livre qui n’a rien à voir Un livre que j’aimerais lire PlugsUn auteurThomas Kuhn est un philosophe des sciences américain du XXème siècle. Issu d’Harvard où il étudia la physique, il obtient son doctorat en 1949 et enseigna notamment l’histoire des sciences que ce fut à Harvard, à Berkeley ou encore à Princeton et au MIT.Au cours de sa carrière il reçu diverses distinctions comme le prix Howard Behrman en 1977, la médaille Sarton (décernée par la History of Science Society) en 1982 ainsi que le prix de la Society for social Studies of Science en 1983.Le livre pour lequel il reste le plus connu est “La Structure des Révolutions Scientifiques” qui fut écrit du temps où il était à Harvard en 1962.Le propos que Thomas Kuhn défend dans cet ouvrage, et qui fut assurément ce pour quoi il est le plus connu, est celui de changement de paradigmes scientifiques qui est selon lui à la base des notions de révolution scientifique. Selon lui les domaines scientifiques n’évoluent pas d’une manière linéaire et continue, mais d’une manière discontinue. Les discontinuités seront ces fameux changements de paradigmes.Ce concept de changement de paradigme a été tellement important pour l’histoire des sciences, qu’un prix nommé “Thomas Kuhn Paradigm Shift Award” a été créé. Ce prix vise à récompenser les scientifiques présentants des théories originales, et dont la nouveauté de point de vue pourraient avoir des impacts importants si ces théories étaient acceptées largement.En dehors de “La structure des révolutions scientifiques”, voici quelques-uns des ouvrages les plus connus de Thomas Kuhn : “The Copernican Revolution: Planetary Astronomy in the Development of Western Thought” paru en 1957, “The Function of Measurement in Modern Physical Science” paru en 1961, “The Essential Tension: Selected Studies in Scientific Tradition and Change” paru en 1977 ou encore “Black-Body Theory and the Quantum Discontinuity, 1894-1912” paru en 1978.Un livreAvant-proposCe livre, “La structure des révolutions scientifiques”, a été traduit en seize langues et vendu à plus d’un million d’exemplaires. Ce n’est pas rien quand même ! À vrai dire ce livre est même une référence pour un grand nombre de personne, notamment parce ce qu’il a remis en cause une vision de l’évolution de la science qui finalement ne collait pas à la réalité de son histoire en introduisant des concepts qui sont aujourd’hui des bases pour l’étude des sciences : théorie, paradigme, crise, révolution, etc.Avant d’aborder le livre en lui-même je voulais aussi mentionner quelque chose qui est apparu lorsque j’ai fait quelques recherches sur la vie de Thomas Kuhn. Il semblerait, mais je ne suis pas un spécialiste du sujet et donc je mentionne cela pour rester complet sur la question, que les idées qu’il défend dans ses thèses sur la structure des révolutions scientifiques (pour paraphraser le titre du livre d’aujourd’hui) ou sur la manière dont les sciences sont construites, aient été proposées, avec un autre vocabulaire peut-être, par un certain Michael Polanyi, plusieurs années avant lui. Vous pouvez jeter un coup d’oeil sur la section dédiée de la page Wikipédia de Thomas Kuhn (en anglais) pour en savoir plus sur le sujet.La revueThomas Kuhn va tout d’abord décrire dans l’introduction la problématique qui est, d’une certaine manière, sous-jacente au travail qu’il réalise à travers ce livre : certaines découvertes, certaines nouvelles théories posent problèmes aux historiens des sciences. En effet, elles ne s’inscrivent pas dans une évolution de la science par accumulation de découvertes, d’informations ou de précisions dans les expériences.L’opinion de Thomas Kuhn est que la vision de la science, de ses concepts et de son évolution doit évoluer. Selon lui, les façons de la décrire jusqu’ici ne permettent pas de considérer de manière pertinente la jeunesse de nouvelles théories, la façon de considérer les expériences qui les font apparaître et les évènements qui les font remplacer les anciennes et devenir les standards pour les années suivantes.Il faut bien noter que ce livre date des années soixante et que certains de ces concepts vous sont peut-être devenus familiers. Mais à l’époque ceci n’était pas le cas et le livre permet d’en prendre toute la mesure.Pour structurer son propos, Thomas Kuhn commence tout d’abord par présenter la notion de science “normale”. Ceci lui permet ainsi de clarifier ce que l’on entend par là : le corpus de théories acceptées à l’instant présent et qui forment les modèles sur lesquels la science se base pour ses prédictions, auxquels adhèrent des groupes suffisamment grands pour former un consensus au sein de la communauté scientifique et définir des problèmes restants à résoudre, etc.Arriver à cette science normale et établie n’est pas chose aisée, et Thomas Kuhn donne un grand nombre d’exemples pour expliquer qu’une jeune théorie est souvent accompagnée de nombreuses théories opposées desquelles elle va s’extraire. La théorie de l’électricité au XVIIIème siècle est un bon cas qui fait apparaître une variété assez grande de points de vue sur ce qu’était le phénomène avant que l’une d’entre elle ne fasse consensus et que les autres disparaissent, la plupart du temps, irrémédiablement.Une fois établie de manière générale ce qu’il entend par “science normale” et la manière qu’elle a d’émerger, Thomas Kuhn déroule son raisonnement sur la manière dont les théories scientifiques se structurent avec notamment le concept, central pour lui, de paradigme. Ce paradigme va ainsi définir plusieurs choses: dans un premier temps “l’ensemble des principes et méthodes partagés par un groupe ou une communauté scientifique” (sic). Ce paradigme va aussi, et de manière plus générale, représenter des lois scientifiques, un ensemble d’expériences validant ce paradigme et structurant une certaine vision du monde, ainsi qu’un ensemble de croyances qui vont y être associées.Une description un peu plus longue de la notion de paradigme peut d’ailleurs être retrouvée chez philosciences.comDe manière corollaire, un paradigme va définir un certain nombre d’expériences permettant de le mettre en évidence. À côté de celles-ci d’autres vont soulever des problèmes car elles ne pourront pas être intégrées à la théorie associée au paradigme. Ces expériences, seront potentiellement plus tard la graine qui amenera à l’apparition “d’anomalies et de découvertes scientifiques” comme le dit Kuhn. Il donne ainsi l’exemple de diverses expériences réalisées durant le XVIIIème siècle qui ont conduit à la découverte, au même moment et par plusieurs scientifiques en même temps, du fait que l’oxygène était un gaz qui ne collait pas avec la théorie chimique des gaz de l’époque, celle du phlogistique. Priestley et Lavoisier ont ainsi été les scientifiques à l’oeuvre pour amener un nouveau paradigme dans le domaine. Ces diverses découvertes, à partir du moment où elles sont admises vont remettre en cause le paradigme et faire naître une crise dans la science en question.Des crises plus profondes peuvent aussi naître de changement plus massifs. Changements qui ne sont finalement que l’aboutissement de petites craquelures tout au long de l’existence du paradigme. Et à force d’accumulation, ces changements vont pousser à la création d’un nouveau paradigme basé sur une théorie structurellement différente. Le genre de paradigme que Kuhn cite pour illustrer son propos serait ceux des diverses théories de mécanique célestre de Ptolémée, Galillé et ensuite Newton. L’apparition d’une crise résulte finalement d’une incapacité du paradigme “mourant” à permettre par exemple un certain niveau de précision dans les applications concrètes, la résolution de problèmes et la science expérimentale.Selon Thomas Kuhn ce sont ces énigmes, érigées en tant que source de crise, qui permettent l’apparition de nouveaux paradigmes. Nées de problèmes rencontrés par le paradigme actuel, elles vont devenir des éléments centraux pour le nouveau paradigme entrant, malgré les ajouts ad hoc que les résistants de l’ancien paradigme seront amenés à tenter d’apporter pour le conserver.C’est ce changement nécessaire de paradigme, perçu par une communauté toujours plus croissante, qui impose la mise en place d’un nouveau paradigme (ce fameux paradigm shift dont on peut parfois entendre parler) pour répondre aux problèmes, énigmes, etc qui sont posés, par l’environnement et les expériences, à l’ancien paradigme qui ne saurait y trouver des réponses. Il est bon de noter que l’on parle aussi de révolution, car c’est ce que l’on a aussi tendance à dire pour ce paradigme shift, lors que “une connaissance nouvelle remplace l’ignorance, au lieu de remplacer une connaissance différente et incompatible” pour citer Kuhn.Un point que Kuhn ne cesse de répéter, et qui est central dans cette notion de changement de paradigme, c’est que “les différences entre paradigmes successifs sont nécessaires et irréconciliables”. Est-ce d’ailleurs à cause de ces différences fondamentales ou des nouveaux problèmes que le nouveau paradigme peut résoudre que ce shift se produit ? Toujours est-il que la vision du monde qui se trouve révélée change totalement. En effet, le prisme à travers nous étudions le monde, nous le classifions, se transforme et peut donner une image nouvelle. Les scientifiques ne voyaient que des trajectoires irrémédiables dans un temps et un espace fixes, et maintenant ceux-ci s’influent mutuellement de manière dynamique. L’atome n’est plus un système planétaire, mais un système dont les électrons ont des probabilités définies de se trouver à un endroit ou à un autre.Un point qui pourrait être remonté par certains d’entre vous serait : il est ici question de révolution, mais elle nous semblait invisible : comment cela se fait-il ? De là d’ailleurs proviendrait peut-être, selon Kuhn, l’idée fausse que la science se serait construite de manière accumulative.Comment cette invisibilité a-t-elle pu exister ? Selon Kuhn cela provient du fait que chaque paradigme produit, une fois la révolution intégrée, son corpus de manuels, de source d’informations sur les lois, le cadre, etc que le paradigme défini. Et les éléments associés toujours valables ou pertinent dans l’histoire des anciens paradigmes, ses scientifiques renommés et de référence, se retrouvent intégrés et cités dans les manuels des nouveaux paradigmes. L’Histoire de l’évolution de la science se trouvant souvent reléguée aux introductions et références obscures, se retrouve la plupart du temps réécrite à l’aune du nouveau paradigme en vigueur.Pour finir Thomas Kuhn revient sur la manière dont il y a passage d’un paradigme à l’autre. Il lui semble complexe de dire que la “conversion” des scientifiques de l’un à l’autre se fasse de manière naturelle. Après tout, chacun des paradigmes, l’ancien et le nouveau, exprime une vision du monde différente, un ensemble de règles et de lois distinctes. Les scientifiques qui vont être des défenseurs de l’un ou de l’autre ne sauraient être convaincus par la logique de changer, car leurs arguments seraient exprimés dans leur propre système de référence. Selon Kuhn, seules les performances supérieures dans la résolution des problèmes d’un paradigme pourraient être une base pour permettre cette conversion. Et cependant ce n’est parfois d’ailleurs pas suffisant : la théorie copernicienne n’amenait par exemple pas une précision incommensurablent meilleure quand elle fut avancée. Il est souvent nécessaire de pouvoir, en plus, résoudre ou amener une lumière sur d’autres éléments qui n’étaient pas considérés par le paradigme précédent. Tout ceci sans parler de l’esthétique qui joue aussi un grand rôle dans l’acceptation des nouveaux paradigme.En conclusionLe livre de Thomas Kuhn, “La Structure des Révolutions Scientifiques” est un ouvrage qui fait référence sur la manière d’aborder les changements de paradigme dans les sciences. Même ce mot de paradigme est devenu maintenant un incontournable de la science quand il est question de résultat d’expérience ou de percée théorique amenant un regard (véritablement ou non) nouveau sur le champ étudié.On pourra, à titre de dérive, citer la communication, limite marketing de marque de lessive, de certains média grands publics à vouloir parler de révolution pour tout et n’importe quoi. Mais il s’agit plus de cette fameuse dérive que d’une réalité du point de vue des chercheurs je pense.Il est d’ailleurs étonnant de voir avec quelles précautions Thomas Kuhn débute son livre. Comme si il avait peur que son point de vue soit trop “révolutionnaire” et ne remette trop en cause le système de pensée de l’époque. Est-ce peut-être plutôt une grande humilité de sa part plutôt qu’une crainte de se voir rabrouer par la communauté scientifique de l’époque? Je ne saurais le dire ne connaissant pas assez le personnage.La première partie du livre est un peu difficile à aborder. Il est vrai qu’il s’agit de la mise en place des termes et concepts de base. Mais ceci permet de fixer les bases des développements suivant et les exemples données, tout au long du livre, en font un objet de réflexions intenses sur la structure de la science. Ceci me fait d’ailleurs dire que, pouvoir comprendre la construction des concepts et des éléments sous-jacents qui ont amené les révolutions scientifiques, permet de mieux se figurer le fonctionnement de la science. Parfois, redonner du sens à ce qui est enseigner peut, peut-être, aider les étudiants à mieux comprendre et prendre du plaisir d'apprendre et faire la science.En tout cas un livre que je recommande pour qui souhaite comprendre comment la science se construit et avance.Un livre qui n’a rien à voirAujourd’hui, comme livre qui n’a rien à voir, je vous propose “Science minute” de Hazel Muir. Ce livre se place dans une collection de livres visant à fournir en deux pages (une de texte et une autre d’illustration du concept associé) de l’information sur un sujet en particulier. Celui-ci est sur la science en général et aborde divers thèmes : Géologie, Biologie, Physique des particules, etc. Dans cette collection on retrouve notamment “Mathématiques minute” de Paul Glendinning, “Philosophy in Minutes” de Marcus Weeks ou encore “Economics in Minutes” de Niall Kishtainy. C’est un petit livre (en taille), mais pas en nombre de page, et je trouve que c’est plutôt bien mené ! Cet objectif est plus difficilement réalisé dans “Mathématiques minutes” je trouve, où l’on se retrouve rapidement avec des concepts plutôt complexe à intégrer en peu de lignes. La spécifité du domaine considéré dans ce dernier est peut-être la raison première de cette différence. De mon côté j’ai lu la version anglaise, mais apparemment des traductions commencent à apparaître pour certains des livres. En tout cas, si vous lisez l’anglais (ou que vous achetez la version française) et que vous voulez avoir une description rapide des concepts scientifiques définis comme les plus importants par Hazel Muir, allez-y!Un livre que j’aimerais lire Aujourd’hui, le livre que j’aimerais lire est “The Information: A History, A Theory, A Flood” de James Gleick. Je vous ai déjà parlé de lui dans un précédent épisode à propos de son livre sur la théorie du Chaos et je suis un grand fan : cet homme-là est fantastique !Ici il présente, en un ouvrage, ce qu’il est important de savoir sur la notion d’information, la théorie associée et la façon dont elle a structurée l’Homme avec un grand H. Au cours de ce livre il est censé aborder les divers femmes et hommes qui ont fait partie de cette histoire de l’information comme Ada Lovelace, Charles Babbage ou encore Claude Shannon.J’ai eu la chance d’échanger par mail avec James Gleick et il m’a dit qu’une version française de ce livre devait sortir, mais je n’ai pas pu attendre et j’ai profité d’un voyage aux États-Unis pour l’acheter !Plugs et liens évoquésSi vous souhaitez en savoir plus sur Thomas Kuhn, je vous propose de jeter un coup d’oeil aux pages Wikipédia associées sur la version française : http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Samuel_Kuhn et anglaise : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Kuhn Lors de l’épisode #272 de Scepticisme Scientifique, Jean-Michel Abrassart a donné quelques références de lectures de psychologie anomalistique et de parapsychologie. Si ce sont des sujets qui vous intéressent, je vous conseille grandement son écoute : http://pangolia.com/blog/?p=1808 Lors de l’épisode #17 d’Anthropodcast, Jonathan Maitrot nous présente 7 livres sur l’anthropologie. Si il s’agit de l’un des sujets à propos duquel nous souhaiteriez avoir plus d’infos, je ne peux que vous enjoindre à aller l’écouter : http://www.anthropodcast.fr/livres-a-lire-en-anthropologie-pour-debuter/ Pour ceux qui ne suivraient que le podcast, vous pouvez aussi retrouver un billet sur le site à propos de Booklabpodcast ici : Découvrez des livres de science en anglais avec Booklabpodcast. Il s’agit d’un podcast en anglais mené par Dan Falk (auteur d’ouvrages variés comme The Science of Shakespeare ou Universe on a T-Shirt ou encore journaliste pour le New Scientist, le Globe, le Mail) et Amanda Gefter (elle écrit sur la physique, la cosmologie, comme dans Trespassing on Einstein’s Lawn et est une consultante pour le New Scientist ou encore Scientific American). C’est un podcast que m’a fait découvrir NicoTupe et pour ceux qui ne sont pas repoussés par l’anglais les épisodes sont de bonne qualité et on peut découvrir des livres de science qui ne sont pas (encore) abordés sur LisezLaScience! Pour avoir écouté tous les (4) épisodes, vous pouvez y aller les yeux fermés. Vous pouvez bien sûr suivre le podcast ainsi que ces deux co-créateurs sur les comptes twitter respectifs : @booklabpodcast @danfalk et @amandagefter Et n’oubliez pas, le 21/03 se déroulera l’évènement Lyon Science 2015 ! Ce sera un moment fun et décontracté où vous pourrez en apprendre beaucoup sur la science à la lyonnaise. Cela se déroulera sur Lyon en compagnie de membres de Podcastscience (Nico, Julie et Alan), du Café des Sciences (Taupo, Mr Pourquoi, Vincent ou encore Emilie Neveu), de membres de Strip Science comme Mel et des amateurs de sciences comme Swoog ou moi-même. Nous aurons enfin la chance d’accueil comme grand témoin Simon Meyer, le directeur du planétarium de Vaulx-en-Velin. Il nous parlera de lui, de la vulgarisation et du travail de gestion d’un lieu culturel et scientifique comme le planétarium. Pour plus d’infos vous pouvez suivre le compte twitter de Lyon Science : @LyonSciFr aller sur le site dédié lyon-science.fr ou vous rendre sur la page Facebook associée LyonScience. Description un peu plus longue de la notion de paradigme chez Kuhn : http://www.philosciences.com/General/Kuhn.htmlConclusionLes révolutions sont des phénomènes qui peuvent intervenir dans le monde, mais aussi en nous. Et que l’on aime cela ou pas, il est toujours important de pouvoir se positionner : à propos des révolutions comme à propos de ce podcast ! Alors n’hésitez pas : Envoyez-moi des e-mails, des commentaires sur la page iTunes (c’est une bonne façon de faire connaître le podcast), des likes sur la page Facebook, des tweets, des retweets, en me donnant un coupe-branche neuf pour tailler un arbre, ou en m’envoyant l’oeuvre complète de Jean-Pierre Luminet, si jamais vous vous préfériez vous en servir comme brouillon pour les dessins de vos enfants.Si vous cherchez LisezLaScience sur internet, vous pouvez retrouver le podcast sur son site web http://lisezlascience.wordpress.com ou vous pouvez me contacter sur twitter sur @LisezLaScience ou sur la page Facebook https://www.facebook.com/LisezLaScienceConcernant le flux, il est accessible sur podcloud http://lisezlascience.podcloud.fr/ (merci les gars!), et sur podcastpedia podcastpedia.org/LisezLaScienceVous pouvez aussi m’envoyer des e-mails à lisezlascience@gmail.comVous pouvez enfin retrouver l’ensemble des livres cités sur la liste goodreads associée à ce podcast sur le compte de LisezLaScience. Les livres seront placés sur des “étagères” spécifiques par épisode et ceux de celui-ci sont sur l’étagère “lls-11” : https://www.goodreads.com/review/list/30797714-lisezlascience?shelf=lls-11Prochain épisodePour ceux qui seront le 21/03 à Lyon, je vous retrouver pour l’évènement Lyon Science 2015, et pour les autres, on se retrouve le 29/03/2015 pour un nouvel épisode sur le livre “Abominable Science” de Luxton et Prothero dont je vous parlerai avec un invité spécial !D’ici là à bientôt à toutes et à tous.Les références des livres évoquésLa structure des révolutions scientifiquesISBN : 2081214857 (ISBN13 : 978-2081214859) Auteur : Thomas S. Kuhn Nombre de pages : 284 pages Date de parution : 14/05/2008 chez Flammarion Prix : 8,20€ chez Amazon et à la Fnac Science minute (anciennement Science in seconds)ISBN : 2849332984 (ISBN13 : 978-2849332986) Auteur : Hazel Muir Nombre de pages : 415 pages Date de parution : 10/03/2014 chez Editions Contre-dires Prix : 12,90€ chez Amazon et à la Fnac The Information: A History, A Theory, A FloodISBN : 0007225741 (ISBN13 : 978-0007225743) Auteur : James Gleick Nombre de pages : 544 pages Date de parution : 01/03/2012 chez Fourth Estate Prix : 9,18€ chez Amazon et à la Fnac

David Autor of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about the future of work and the role that automation and smart machines might play in the workforce. Autor stresses the importance of Michael Polanyi's insight that many of the things we know and understand cannot be easily written down or communicated. Those kinds of tacit knowledge will be difficult for smart machines to access and use. In addition, Autor argues that fundamentally, the gains from machine productivity will accrue to humans. The conversation closes with a discussion of the distributional implications of a world with a vastly larger role for smart machines.

David Autor of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about the future of work and the role that automation and smart machines might play in the workforce. Autor stresses the importance of Michael Polanyi's insight that many of the things we know and understand cannot be easily written down or communicated. Those kinds of tacit knowledge will be difficult for smart machines to access and use. In addition, Autor argues that fundamentally, the gains from machine productivity will accrue to humans. The conversation closes with a discussion of the distributional implications of a world with a vastly larger role for smart machines.

Marko Zivkovic (Alberta) gives a talk at the MCMP conference "Reduction and Emergence in the Sciences" (14-16 November, 2013) titled "Scarecrow’s Brain and Homunculi: Neurobiological Reductionism as Ensoulment-Objectification Process Seen Through Anthropological Lenses". Abstract: Using Scarecrow’s brain to think through folk psychology’s encounter with neurobiological reductionism, I will try to reframe the debates among Dennett, Bennet & Hacker, Searle and the Churchlands in terms of anthropological understandings of “folk psychology” developed by Alfred Gell, Gregory Schrempp’s mythological analysis of homunculism, and Michael Polanyi’s conceptualization of from-to nature of all knowing. My premise is that all the positions taken on the issue of neurobiological reduction are variants of ensoulment-objectification processes systematically examined in Gell’s distributed personality theory.

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Molecular Aesthetics | Symposium Symposium at ZKM | Center for Art and Media, July 15 -17, 2011 in cooperation with DFG-Center for Functional Nanostructures (CFN) Karlsruhe Institute for Technology (KIT). My thesis is that there is an integral tetrahedron linking new sciences, new technologies, new media, and new aesthetics such that each enables the others.  Viewing the tetrahedron as integral, symbiotic, and transformative alters the usual world view of the scientist, who is generally still trained in a nineteenth century Comteian positivism that has sciences driving progress in all other human endeavors. Few scientists appreciate the many ways in which media and aesthetics inform and make possible their own insights. I shall explore through a set of case studies how aesthetics and media enable new science and technology, thereby defining the nature of the linkers attaching each discipline to the others. I shall focus in particular on four such linkages: 1) the imaginary worlds that a scientist must conceive before testing the nature of perceived existence; 2) the nature of what physicist/philosopher Michael Polanyi has called “personal knowledge”, the intuitive, sensual way in which a scientist comes to know nature before words, equations or graphical representations are possible; 3) technique, which embodies the physical rendering of ideas into experiments and apparatuses;  and 4) synosia, a combination of synaesthetic sensual experience with formal intellectual knowledge resulting in a feeling of knowing and knowing feelings. My conclusion is that these linkages can exist only when science, technology, media and aesthetics intersect and combine to co-stimulate each other. The fundamentally important result is the phenomenon of wonder.  For in the final analysis, as my colleague Scott Gilbert has recently argued, it is wonder that drives all of us, in every discipline, to explore the nature and meaning of our existence. Molecular aesthetics embodies that wonder in wonderful and wonder-full ways that will produce not only new arts, but also new sciences. /// Symposium im ZKM | Zentrum für Kunst und Medientechnologie, 15. -17. Juli 2011 In Kooperation mit dem DFG-Centrum für Funktionelle Nanostrukturen (CFN) des Karlsruhe Instituts für Technologie. Als Ansatzpunkt dient uns das Schema eines Tetraeders, das neue Wissenschaften, Technologien, Medien und Ästhetiken so verknüpft, dass ein wechselseitig gewinnbringender Austausch entsteht. Diese integrale, symbiotische und transformative Vernetzung verändert das Weltbild des durchschnittlichen Wissenschaftlers, der auch heute noch an der Überzeugung des Comte'schen Positivismus aus dem 19. Jahrhundert festhält, die Wissenschaft sei die treibende Kraft des Fortschritts in allen menschlichen Unternehmungen. Nur wenige Wissenschaftler lassen sich auf die Frage ein, inwieweit Ästhetik und Medien ihre Studien beeinflussen und überhaupt erst möglich machen. Wir zeigen anhand mehrerer Fallstudien, wie Ästhetik und Medien die Innovation in Wissenschaft und Technik vorantreiben. Dabei fällt ein Schlaglicht auf die Wechselbeziehungen zwischen den Disziplinen. Vier davon werden genauer betrachtet: 1) die Vorstellungswelten, die ein Wissenschaftler ersinnen muss, ehe er die Beschaffenheit wahrgenommener Phänomene prüft, 2) das „persönliche Wissen“ gemäß der Definition des Physikers und Philosophen Michael Polanyi als intuitive, sinnliche Annäherung an die Natur, die der verbalen, grafischen oder mathematischen Artikulation vorausgeht, 3) Technik, die konkrete Umsetzung von Ideen in Experimente und Versuchsanordnungen, sowie 4) „Synosie“, die Kombination synästhetischer Sinneswahrnehmungen mit rationalem Denken, die gefühltes Wissen oder wissende Gefühle erzeugt. Wir gelangen zu dem Schluss, dass Wechselbeziehungen dieser Art nur dann eintreten können, wenn Wissenschaft, Technologie, Medien und Ästhetik sich so überschneiden und verflechten, dass eine gegenseitige Bereicherung gegeben ist. Wichtigstes Resultat ist das Phänomen des Wunders. Denn wie Scott Gilbert unlängst argumentiert hat, ist es am Ende das Wunder, das uns in allen Disziplinen dazu antreibt, das Wesen und den Sinn unseres Daseins zu hinterfragen. Die molekulare Ästhetik verkörpert dieses Wunder auf wundervolle Art und Weise. Sie bereitet nicht nur einer neuen Kunst den Weg, sondern auch einer neuen Wissenschaft.

This edition of Audition includes excerpts from five MARS HILL AUDIO interviews:--- Russell Hittinger, on ways in which modern democracies exclude public discussion about the view of human nature and human personhood on which democracy is founded--- Michael Aeschliman, on how C. S. Lewis opposed both subjectivism and scientism in arguing for the nature of the rationality of Creation--- Sir John Polkinghorne, on how science and theology are both best pursued "from the bottom up," taking the reality of Creation and our experience of it seriously--- Richard Gelwick and Thomas Torrance, on how Michael Polanyi's insights into the nature of scientific discovery provide a rich resource for theology--- Vigen Guroian, reading from his book, Inheriting Paradise: Meditations on GardeningEach of these interviews is part of much longer MARS HILL AUDIO programs which are now available as MP3 downloads.Thanks for listening!