Personal Knowledge
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Personal Knowledge is a 1958 philosophical work by Michael Polanyi that argues for the central role of personal commitment and tacit knowing in all acts of understanding and scientific inquiry.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Personal Knowledge canonical | 5 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1073209 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Personal Knowledge Context triple: [Michael Polanyi, notableWork, Personal Knowledge]
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A.
Knowledge and Human Interests
Knowledge and Human Interests is a seminal 1968 work of critical social theory by Jürgen Habermas that analyzes how different human interests shape the forms and purposes of knowledge.
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B.
Knowledge and Error
"Knowledge and Error" is a philosophical work by Ernst Mach that examines the nature, limits, and development of human knowledge through the lens of empirical science and psychology.
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C.
Usable Knowledge
Usable Knowledge is an online resource from the Harvard Graduate School of Education that translates education research into practical insights and tools for educators, policymakers, and the public.
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D.
Objective Knowledge
Objective Knowledge is a 1972 philosophical work by Karl Popper that develops his theory of knowledge as an objective, evolutionary process grounded in conjectures and refutations.
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E.
Frontiers of Knowledge
Frontiers of Knowledge is a concept emphasizing the advancement and expansion of human understanding across scientific, technological, and cultural domains.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Personal Knowledge Target entity description: Personal Knowledge is a 1958 philosophical work by Michael Polanyi that argues for the central role of personal commitment and tacit knowing in all acts of understanding and scientific inquiry.
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A.
Knowledge and Human Interests
Knowledge and Human Interests is a seminal 1968 work of critical social theory by Jürgen Habermas that analyzes how different human interests shape the forms and purposes of knowledge.
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B.
Knowledge and Error
"Knowledge and Error" is a philosophical work by Ernst Mach that examines the nature, limits, and development of human knowledge through the lens of empirical science and psychology.
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C.
Usable Knowledge
Usable Knowledge is an online resource from the Harvard Graduate School of Education that translates education research into practical insights and tools for educators, policymakers, and the public.
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D.
Objective Knowledge
Objective Knowledge is a 1972 philosophical work by Karl Popper that develops his theory of knowledge as an objective, evolutionary process grounded in conjectures and refutations.
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E.
Frontiers of Knowledge
Frontiers of Knowledge is a concept emphasizing the advancement and expansion of human understanding across scientific, technological, and cultural domains.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
book
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philosophical work ⓘ |
| addresses |
limits of formalization in knowledge
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methods of natural science ⓘ relationship between knower and known ⓘ role of belief in scientific knowledge ⓘ role of skills and practices in knowing ⓘ |
| arguesThat |
all knowledge has a personal component
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complete objectivity in science is impossible ⓘ scientific knowing involves personal participation and commitment ⓘ tacit knowing underlies explicit knowledge ⓘ |
| author | Michael Polanyi ⓘ |
| claims | we know more than we can tell ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| criticizes | objectivist conceptions of knowledge ⓘ |
| emphasizes |
indwelling as a mode of knowing
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the personal participation of the knower in acts of understanding ⓘ the role of tradition and authority in knowledge ⓘ |
| field |
epistemology
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philosophy of science ⓘ |
| genre | epistemology ⓘ |
| hasConcept |
fiduciary framework of knowing
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personal coefficient of knowledge ⓘ post-critical philosophy ⓘ tacit dimension of knowledge ⓘ |
| hasISBN | 9780226672886 ⓘ |
| influenced |
epistemology of tacit knowledge
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management and organizational theory ⓘ philosophy of science ⓘ social studies of science ⓘ the concept of tacit knowledge in knowledge management ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Michael Polanyi
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surface form:
Michael Polanyi's experience as a scientist
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| language | English ⓘ |
| mainTopic |
personal commitment
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scientific inquiry ⓘ tacit knowledge ⓘ theory of knowledge ⓘ |
| notableFor |
critique of strict positivism in science
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systematic development of the idea of tacit knowledge ⓘ |
| philosophicalTradition |
post-critical philosophy
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realist epistemology ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1958 ⓘ |
| publisher |
Routledge & Kegan Paul
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surface form:
Routledge
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| relatedWork |
Science, Faith and Society
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The Tacit Dimension ⓘ |
| structure | divided into multiple parts and chapters ⓘ |
| subtitle | Towards a Post-Critical Philosophy ⓘ |
| timePeriod | 20th century philosophy ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Personal Knowledge Description of subject: Personal Knowledge is a 1958 philosophical work by Michael Polanyi that argues for the central role of personal commitment and tacit knowing in all acts of understanding and scientific inquiry.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.