The worst enemy of science? : essays in memory of Paul Feyerabend / edited by John Preston, Gonzalo Munévar, and David Lamb.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Feyerabend, Paul, 1924-1994, honouree.

Preston, John, 1957- editor.

Munévar, Gonzalo, editor.

Lamb, David, 1942- editor.

Series:

Oxford scholarship online.

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Feyerabend, Paul, 1924-1994,.

Local Subjects:

Feyerabend, Paul, 1924-1994,.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (190 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York ; Oxford University Press, 2023.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Paul Feyerabend's radical epistemological claims, and his argument that there is no such thing as scientific method, were influential during his life and have gained in attention since his death in 1994. These essays cover the diverse themes in his extensive body of work.

Contents:

Contents; Contributors; 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 Réhabilitation of Paul Feyerabend; 7. Science as Supermarket: 'Postmodern' Themes in Paul Feyerabend's Later Philosophy of Science; 8. Paul Feyerabend and Thomas Kuhn; 9. Feyerabend, Mill, and Pluralism; 10. Two Concepts of Political Tolerance

11. To Transform the Phenomena: Feyerabend, Proliferation, and Recurrent Neural Networks12. Paul K. Feyerabend: Last Interview; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; V; W; Z

Notes:

Previously issued in print: 2000.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Derived record based on print version record and publisher information.

ISBN:

0-19-773199-6

1-280-53049-9

0-19-535171-1

1-4294-0385-3

OCLC:

476015505