摘要:In his post-critical philosophy, Polanyi challenges the intellectual trend in modern Westen philosophy which
exalted critical reason and denigrated the uncritical elements of knowing, such as belief, tradition and
authority. In this paper, the author focuses on Polanyi’s thoughts on tradition, authority and originality in a
post-critical perspective. On the one hand, Polanyi, against modern critical philosophy, fully acknowledges the
important role played by tradition and authority in science, on the other hand, he also tries to show the tension
and the deep unity between tradition, authority and originality.