摘要：Polanyi’s response to Snow’s problem is a two-step strategy. First, he undermines the supposed gap
between the natural sciences and the study of man and establishes the continuity between them. Second,
based upon what is achieved in the first step, he explores the distinctions between scientific and
humanistic meanings. All this is achieved on the basis of his theory of tacit knowing. Three features of this
theory merit attention: (1) the predominance of the participatory perspective; (2) the recovery of the
hermeneutic dimension of science; and (3) the constructive use of Heidegger’s “being-in-the-world.”
关键词：Snow’s problem, Michael Polanyi, the natural sciences, the study of man, continuity
and distinction.
