Against Method

Zusatztext “A devastating attack on the claims of philosophy to legislate for scientific practice.”— New Society “A brilliant polemic.”— New Scientist “Since it was first published in 1975! Against Method has followed Popper’s The Logic of Scientific Discovery and Kuhn’s The Structure of Scientific Revolutions into becoming a classic text in the debate about scientific methodology and scientific reasoning.”— The Philosopher “A powerful critique.”— London Review of Books “ Against Method is more than a book: it is an event.”— Archives de Philosophie Informationen zum Autor 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 . Klappentext Contemporary philosophy of science has paid close attention to the understanding of scientific practice! in contrast to the previous focus on scientific method. This work shows the deficiencies of many widespread ideas about the nature of knowledge. It argues that the only feasible explanation of any scientific success is a historical account. Zusammenfassung Contemporary philosophy of science has paid close attention to the understanding of scientific practice! in contrast to the previous focus on scientific method. This work shows the deficiencies of many widespread ideas about the nature of knowledge. It argues that the only feasible explanation of any scientific success is a historical account.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Paul Feyerabend, Paul/ Hacking Feyerabend, Ian Hacking
• Con la collaborazione di: Ian Hacking (Introduzione), Hacking Ian (Introduzione)
• Editore: Random House USA
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 11.05.2010
• EAN: 9781844674435
• ISBN: 978-1-84467-443-5
• Pagine: 296
• Dimensioni: 140 mm x 210 mm x 32 mm
• Categorie: Scienze naturali, medicina, informatica, tecnica > Scienze naturali, tematiche generali; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Filosofia > Tematiche generali, enciclopedie; PHILOSOPHY / Epistemology, SCIENCE / Philosophy & Social Aspects, Philosophy of Science, Philosophy: epistemology & theory of knowledge, Philosophy: epistemology and theory of knowledge