
Against Method
Outline of an Anarchistic Theory of Knowledge
Paul Feyerabend(Author)
Verso Books (Publisher)
Published on 1. January 1975
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340 pages
978-0-902308-91-6 (ISBN)
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Paul Feyerabend's globally acclaimed work, which sparked and continues to stimulate fierce debate, examines the deficiencies of many widespread ideas about scientific progress and the nature of knowledge. Feyerabend argues that scientific advances can only be understood in a historical context. He looks at the way the philosophy of science has consistently overemphasized practice over method, and considers the possibility that anarchism could replace rationalism in the theory of knowledge.
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
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Paperback (trade)
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 139 mm
Thickness: 35 mm
Weight
450 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-902308-91-6 (9780902308916)
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04/1978
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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.