AGAINST METHOD: OUTLINE OF AN ANARCHISTIC THEORY OF KNOWLEDGE

PAUL K. FEYERABEND

ISBN 10: 086091934X / ISBN 13: 9780860919346

Published by VERSO BOOKS, 1989

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Title: AGAINST METHOD: OUTLINE OF AN ANARCHISTIC ...

Publisher: VERSO BOOKS

Publication Date: 1989

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Very Good

Edition: 2nd Edition

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Synopsis:

Modern philosophy of science has paid great attention to the understanding of scientific "practice", in contrast to the earlier concentration on scientific "method". This work, which has contributed to this debate, shows the deficiencies of some widespread ideas about the nature of knowledge. He argues that the only feasible explanations of scientific successes are historical explanations and that anarchism must now replace rationalism in the theory of knowledge. The third edition of this text contains a new preface and additional reflections which take account both of recent debates on science and on the impact of scientific products and practices on the human community. While disavowing populism or relativism, Feyerabend continues to insist that the voice of the inexpert must be heard. Thus many environmental perils were first identified by non-experts against prevailing assumptions in the scientific community.

About the Authors:

Paul Feyerabend was Professor of Philosophy at UC Berkeley, and Professor of the Philosophy of Science at the Federal Institute of Technology at Zurich. He died in 1994. His books include Philosophical Papers, Farewell to Reason, and Against Method.

Emeritus Professor of Philosophy at the University of Toronto. He is the author of Historical Ontology, Scientific Revolutions, and The Emergence of Probability.