I just received Michael Polanyi, The Art of Knowing in the mail today. Bitterly ironic in light of my post earlier today, but I'm looking forward to it. As of page ten, it reads well.
I tried to read Polanyi's Personal Knowledge about five years ago. I think I could've read it, if I had the luxury of being able to read for more than 30 minutes at a time. As it was, I finally chuckled at the hoplessness of chewing through it and put it away. This new biography apparently sympathizes with folks like me. It promises to make this important thinker accessible. We'll see.
