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Tradition and Discovery (hereafter TAD) is an academic journal that is independently published and owned by the Polanyi Society, an IRS 501C3 designated (non-profit) US corporation registered in Missouri. TAD is managed by the TAD Editor (and Editorial Board) whose work is annually reviewed by the Board of Directors of the Polanyi Society, Inc. TAD is prepared for publication by Faithlab in Macon, Georgia.

TAD is published three times a year (February, July, and October). Issues include editorially reviewed solicited materials (review articles, book discussions, thematic issues, invited addresses from Society meetings, etc.) as well as essays that have gone through a process of blind peer review. In general, materials published in TAD are of interest to those concerned with the thought of Michael Polanyi and the projects of the Polanyi Society. TAD is distributed in print to Society members in the US and Canada, but an online edition is also posted in the digital archives on the Polanyi Society web site at the time each printed issue is mailed; anyone interested can download issues. Some components in the online edition (e.g., the "News and Notes" with recent bibliography, calls for papers, meeting programs, etc.) are not included in the print edition. If you wish to receive a Table of Contents e-mail (with links) for each newly posted digital issue, send an e-mail request to (webmaster@polanyisociety.org).

Scope: Since Michael Polanyi was a polymath whose writings contributed to many fields, the journal publishes scholarly essays which engage Polanyi's work and its implications for a wide range of studies, including, but not limited to, aesthetics, chemistry, economics, ethics, intellectual history, literature, medicine, political and other areas of philosophy, psychology, sociology, and theology.

Open Access and Use of TAD materials: TAD provides open access to all issues because making research freely available to the public supports the exchange and growth of knowledge. Anyone interested can read, search within, link to, download, and print articles and other materials from the TAD digital archives at no cost to individuals or institutions. You do not need to ask permission from the Polanyi Society or the author, unless a particular article indicates the author has reserved the copyright. This policy is in accordance with the description of Open Access provided by the Budapest Open Access Initiative. The use of TAD materials should conform to Creative Commons Open Access license CC BY-NC-ND.

Archiving Policy: All issues, including the current issue, are available in the digital archive on the Polanyi Society web site. Before Vol. 17 No. 1 & 2, TAD was published on an erratic schedule. The copies of material for early Polanyi Society publications (i.e., TAD and its predecessors) in the digital archives are not always good quality. Some materials in early publications may not be listed in indices. Contact Phil Mullins (mullins@missouriwestern.edu) with questions about materials published in early issues.

Copyright Information: The copyright for material appearing in TAD is held by the Polanyi Society (except in rare cases, noted on articles, in which an author retains the copyright). TAD allows readers to download, print, copy, distribute for non-commercial use, and link to the full texts of its articles. Readers can use TAD materials for any lawful purpose. Permission to reprint or republish materials in educational or scholarly publications can be arranged; please provide the original TAD publication information. Send questions about TAD submissions, about republication or other use of TAD materials, or any other publication-related matters to the current editor, Paul Lewis (lewis_pa@mercer.edu).

The Library of Congress serials numbers for TAD are ISSN 1057-1027 (print) and ISSN 2154-1566 (online).

TAD is indexed selectively in The Philosopher's Index and Religious and Theological Abstracts and is included in the EBSCO online databases of academic and research journals, as well as the Directory of Open Access Journals.