Tradition and Discovery: The Polanyi Society Periodical

Volume 25, Issue 2, 1998/1999

A Polanyian Approach To Conceiving And Teaching Introduction To Philosophy

This paper represents one attempt to implement a post-critical approach to teaching introduction to philosophy, in contrast with the usual approach which serves to re-establish the critical paradigm that Polanyi’s “post-critical philosophy” is meant to challenge and displace. It aims to have students discover their own fiduciary access to reality and rely upon it while slowly building competence in critical analysis of the principal intellectual options in the history of philosophy.