Tihamér Margitay (ed.), Knowing and being

Stefan Fothe

pp. 153-157

in: Tamás Demeter (ed), The origins of social theories of knowledge, Studies in East European Thought 64, 2012.

Abstract

Into every act of knowing there enters a tacit and passionate contribution of the person knowing what is being known, and [.] this coefficient is no mere imperfection, but a necessary component of all knowledge (Polanyi 1958, p. 312).