Some philosophers think that Paul Feyerabend is a clown, a great many others think that he is one of the most exciting philosophers of science of this century. For me the truth does not lie somewhere in between, for I am decidedly of the second opinion, an opinion that is becoming general around the world as this century comes to an end and history begins to cast its appraising eye upon the intellectual harvest of our era. A good example of this opinion may be found in the admiration for Feyerabend's philosophy of science expressed by Grover Maxwell in his contribution to this volume. Maxwell, recalling his own intellectual transformation, says also that it was Feyerabend who confirmed my then incipient suspicions that most of the foundations of currently fashionable philosophy and even a great deal of the methodology to which many scientists pay enthusiastic lip service are based on simple mistake- assumptions whose absurdity becomes obvious once attention is directed at them . And lest the reader thinks, as many still do, that however sharp Feyerabend's attacks upon the philosophical establishment may have been, he does not offer a positive philosophy (a complain made by C.A. Hooker and some of the other contributors), Paul Churchland argues otherwise.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Springer
ISBN-13
9780792312727
eBay Product ID (ePID)
95560717
Product Key Features
Subject Area
Experimental Psychology
Author
Gonzalo Munevar
Publication Name
Beyond Reason: Essays on the Philosophy of Paul Feyerabend
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Subject
Science, History
Publication Year
1991
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
538 Pages
Dimensions
Item Height
229mm
Item Width
152mm
Volume
132
Item Weight
2190g
Additional Product Features
Series Title
Boston Studies in the Philosophy and History of Science
Topic
Popular Philosophy
Editor
Gonzalo Munevar
Country/Region of Manufacture
Netherlands
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