摘要：This essay discusses Polanyi’s ideas about the “comprehensive entity.” It shows how Polanyi’s philosophical
perspective emphasizes comprehension. It outlines Polanyi’s careful approach to ontological questions and
shows how Marjorie Grene and to some degree Polanyi linked the theory of tacit knowing to ideas in
Continental philosophy about being-in-the-world. It suggests that Polanyi’s post-critical philosophical
realism, like Peirce’s realism, is more akin to medieval realism than contemporary discussions.
关键词：Michael Polanyi and Marjorie Grene, comprehension and the comprehensive entity,
ontological aspect of tacit knowing, being-in the-world and tacit knowing, post critical and medieval realism.
