This book is the first comprehensive critical study of the work of Paul Feyerabend, one of the foremost twentieth-centur
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English Year 2013
Table of contents :
Content: Preface. Acknowledgements. Notes on References. Introduction: Feyerabend's Life and Work. 1. Philosophy and the Aim of Science. 2. Meaning: The Attack on Positivism. 3. Theories of Observation. 4. Scientific Realism and Instrumentalism. 5. Theoretical Monism. 6. Incommensurability. 7. Theoretical Pluralism. 8. Materialism. 9. Science without Method. 10. Relativism, Rationalism and a Free Society. Notes. Bibliography. Index.