Knowledge, Science and Relativism

This collection of Feyerabend's philosophical papers gathers together work originally published between 1960 and 1980.

Sommario

Introduction to Volume 3 John Preston; 1. The problem of theoretical entities; 2. Knowledge without foundations; 3. How to be a good empiricist: a plea for tolerance in matters epistemological; 4. Outline of a pluralistic theory of knowledge and action; 5. Experts in a free society; 6. Philosophy of science: a subject with a great past; 7. On the limited validity of methodological rules; 8. How to defend society against science; 9. Let's make more movies; 10. Rationalism, relativism and scientific method; 11. Democracy, elitism and scientific method; 12. Appendix.

Riassunto

This third volume of Paul Feyerabend's philosophical papers, which gathers together work originally published betwee 1960 and 1980, offers a range of his characteristically exciting treatments of classic questions in the philosophy of science. The volume also includes a substantial introduction and a comprehensive list of Feyerabend's works.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: P. K. Feyerabend, Paul Feyerabend
• Con la collaborazione di: John Preston (Editore)
• Editore: Cambridge Academic
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 27.05.1999
• EAN: 9780521641296
• ISBN: 978-0-521-64129-6
• Dimensioni: 152 mm x 229 mm x 19 mm
• Peso: 570 g
• Serie: Philosophical Papers (Cambridg
• Categorie: Saggistica > Filosofia, religione > Filosofia: tematiche generali, opere di consultazione; Scienze naturali, medicina, informatica, tecnica > Scienze naturali, tematiche generali; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Filosofia > Tematiche generali, enciclopedie; PHILOSOPHY / Social, PHILOSOPHY / Political, PHILOSOPHY / History & Surveys / General, Social & political philosophy, social and political philosophy, c 1960 to c 1970, Philosophical traditions and schools of thought, c 1970 to c 1979, c 1960 to c 1969, History of Western philosophy, c 1970 to c 1980