Theoretical Research On Polanyi's "Personal Knowledge"

This paper combined the way of history and logic, synthetic analysis and macro-analysis, and discussed the emerging, evolving and its theme of the theory of "personal knowledge" at the comparison between the reasoning factors and its unreasoning factors. From the inspection to the theory of "personal knowledge" in scientific findings and the function of the technique inventions, it revealed the basis of the theory and its functional mechanism.The inarticulateness of technique and expert' s unique skill has two types: one is the inarticulateness in logic, another is the inarticulateness in illogic; Polanyi compartmentalizes cognition structure into two parts-articulate and inarticulate, it is in coincidence with the study that the center project of western philosophy focuses on linguistic since Roth century. So to analyze in the aspect of description, it is useful to delouse the fount how inarticulateness comes into being; Based on the economic relationship and from the viewpoint of the pursuit of aim, the object of studying, the original creation of aesthetics, as well as the articulate knowledge and inarticulate knowledge, Polanyi distinguished the acquisitive way of science and technology. The development model of personal Knowledge can be generalized as the enthusiasm of seeking knowledge; Polanyi revealed how personal factors of mathematician cut across logical chasm, and gained mathematics findings in math' s activities. Thus he proved mathematics was also activity-needed techniques as natural science; Last evaluating the theory of "Personal Knowledge" systematically, it can reveal its realistic significance and limitation.