
'The Worst Enemy of Science'?
Essays in Memory of Paul Feyerabend
Oxford University Press Inc
Published on 9. March 2000
Book
Hardback
192 pages
978-0-19-512874-1 (ISBN)
Description
This stimulating collection is devoted to the life and work of the most flamboyant of twentieth-century philosophers, Paul Feyerabend. Feyerabend's radical epistemological claims, and his stunning argument that there is no such thing as scientific method, were highly influential during his life and have only gained attention since his death in 1994. The essays that make up this volume, written by some of today's most respected philosophers of science, many of whom knew Feyerabend as students and colleagues, cover the diverse themes in his extensive body of work and present a personal account of this fascinating thinker.
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The attractive and unique feature of this collection of essays is the editors' balanced and careful presentation of the life and work of such a divisive figure...strongly recommended. * Choice *More details
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
4 line illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 157 mm
Thickness: 15 mm
Weight
437 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-19-512874-1 (9780195128741)
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John Preston | Gonzalo Munevar | David Lamb
The Worst Enemy of Science?
Essays in Memory of Paul Feyerabend
E-Book
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Persons
Editor
Professor of PhilosophyProfessor of Philosophy, University of Reading
Professor of PhilosophyProfessor of Philosophy, Evergreen State College, Washington
Professor of Biomedical EthicsProfessor of Biomedical Ethics, University of Birmingham
Content
Introduction ; 1. Paul K. Feyerabend: An Obituary ; 2. Time Well Spent: On Paul Feyerabend's Autobiography ; 3. Sola Experientia?-Feyerabend's Refutation of Classical Empiricism ; 4. Proliferation: Is It a Good Thing? ; 5. Feyerabend Among Popperians, 1948-1978 ; 6. A Rehabilitation of Paul Feyerabend ; 7. Science as Supermarket: Post Modern Themes in Paul Feyerabend's Later Philosophy of Science ; 10. Two Concepts of Political Tolerance ; 11. To Transform the Phenomena: Feyerabend, Proliferation, and Recurrent Neural Networks ; 12. Paul K. Feyerabend: Last Interview