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POLANYI SOCIETY 2015 ANNUAL MEETING PROGRAM

The three sessions of the 2015 Annual Meeting of the Polanyi Society will be held in Atlanta, Georgia on November 20 and 21. The times and locations for sessions and the full program with paper titles and respondents will be available on the Polanyi Society web site as soon as these details are confirmed. They will also be included in the October 2015 issue of Tradition and Discovery. Here in brief are the anticipated sessions and presenters:

Friday, Nov. 20, 4:00-6:00 p.m.

Short, focused presentations will be offered by the following individuals:

Matt Sandwisch, Baylor University, “Connections between Michael Polanyi and Virtue Epistemology”

Adam Johnson, Fort Mill, SC, “Created to Know: A Comparison of the Epistemologies of Michael Polanyi and Francis Schaeffer”

Stan Scott, University of Maine, Presque Isle, “The Tacit Dimension in Biblical Metaphor: ‘The Kingdom’”

Robert Hyatt, Whittier NC, “Polanyian Philosophical Resources for Mental Health Professionals Dealing with Trauma Related Pathologies”

Jon Fennell, Hillsdale College, “Polanyi’s ‘Illumination’: Aristotelian Induction or Peircean Abduction?”

Francesco Poggiani, Pennsylvania State University, “Polanyi and Peirce on Truth and Responsibility”

Saturday, Nov. 21, 9:00-11:30 a.m.

Symposium on Thomas Pfau’s Minding the Modern, with Martin X. Moleski, S.J., and Phil Rolnick. Pfau will reply to respondents before the session is opened for general discussion. At 11:15, there will be a Polanyi Society business meeting.

Saturday, Nov. 21, 8:00-10:00 p.m.

Walter Mead, “Theological Implications of Polanyi’s Philosophy of Knowing”

Lucila Crena, “A Polanyian Witness in an Age of Mistrust: A Majority World Perspective”

Matthew O’Sullivan, “Rules of Right Practice or Contact with Reality: Michael Polanyi and George Lindbeck on the Purpose of Theological Propositions”