This third volume of Paul Feyerabend's philosophical papers, which gathers together work originally published between 1960 and 1980, offers a range of his characteristically exciting treatments of classic questions in the philosophy of science, including theoretical pluralism, the relationship between theory and observation, the distinction between science and myth, the role of science in society, and the vexed question of the nature of scientific method. The volume is completed by a substantial introduction and a comprehensive list of Feyerabend's works.
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This third volume of Paul Feyerabend's philosophical papers, which gathers together work originally published between 1960 and 1980, offers a range of his characteristically exciting treatments of classic questions in the philosophy of science, including theoretical pluralism, the relationship between theory and observation, the distinction between science and myth, the role of science in society, and the vexed question of the nature of scientific method. The volume is completed by a substantial introduction and a comprehensive list of Feyerabend's works.
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democratic relativism, society against science, stability thesis, meaning invariance, theoretical monism, knowledge without foundations, good empiricist, make more movies, primary traditions, potential falsifiers, observation language, pluralistic theory, matters epistemological, dogmatic point, theoretical entities, modern empiricism, observation statements, observational terms, democratic councils Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, Against Method, Minnesota Studies, University of Minnesota Press, Cambridge University Press, Middle Ages, Johann Ambrosius Barth, University of Chicago Press, Ernst Mach, Karl Popper, Church Fathers, Imre Lakatos, Clarendon Press, Englewood Cliffs, New Left Books, Oxford University Press, American Journal of Physics, Harvard University Press, Historical Studies, Philosophical Papers, Physikalische Zeitschrift, Reviews of Modern Physics, The Methodological Heritage of Newton, University of California Press New!
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- Against Method: Outline of an Anarchistic Theory of Knowledge by Paul Feyerabend on 7 pages
- RC Series Bundle: Conjectures and Refutations: The Growth of Scientific Knowledge (Routledge Classics) by Karl Popper on 4 pages
- The Free Society by Lansing Pollock on 4 pages
- Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems: Ptolemaic and Copernican by Galileo Galilei on page 149, page 154, and page 156
- Philosophical Investigations (3rd Edition) by Ludwig Wittgenstein in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
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- Paradigms Explained: Rethinking Thomas Kuhn's Philosophy of Science by Erich von Dietze in Back Matter
- The Worst Enemy of Science?: Essays in Memory of Paul Feyerabend by John Preston in Table of Contents
- Evidence-Based Research by Brian Brown on page 137
- Views into the Chinese Room: New Essays on Searle and Artificial Intelligence by John Preston in Front Matter
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