Feyerabend: Philosophy, Science and Society Paperback - 1997 - 1st Edition
by Preston, John
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This is the first comprehensive critical study of the work of Paul Feyerabend, one of the foremost 20th century philosophers of science. The book traces the evolution of Feyerabend's thought, beginning with his early attempt to graft insights from Wittgenstein's conception of meaning onto Popper's falsifications philosophy. (Philosophy)
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- Title Feyerabend: Philosophy, Science and Society
- Author Preston, John
- Binding Paperback
- Edition number 1st
- Edition 1
- Pages 256
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Polity Press, Cambridge(UK),
- Date 1997
- Features Bibliography
- Bookseller's Inventory # 9957929
- ISBN 9780745616766 / 0745616763
- Weight 0.86 lbs (0.39 kg)
- Dimensions 9.03 x 6.03 x 0.75 in (22.94 x 15.32 x 1.91 cm)
- Library of Congress subjects Feyerabend, Paul
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 97010139
- Dewey Decimal Code 193
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From the rear cover
The book traces the evolution of Feyerabend's thought, beginning with his early attempt to graft insights from Wittgenstein's conception of meaning onto Popper's falsificationist philosophy. The key elements of Feyerabend's model of the acquisition of knowledge are identified and critically evaluated. Feyerabend's early work emerges as a continuation of Popper's philosophy of science, rather than as a contribution to the historical approach to science with which he is usually associated.
In his more notorious later work, Feyerabend claimed that there was, and should be, no such thing as the scientific method. The roots of Feyerabend's 'epistemological anarchism' are exposed and the weaknesses of his cultural relativism are brought out.
Throughout the book, Preston discusses the influence of Feyerabend's thought on contemporary philosophers and traces his stimulating but divided legacy. The book will be of interest to students of philosophy, methodology, and the social sciences.
