Feyerabend's philosophy /
Paul Feyerabend ranks among the most exciting and influential philosophers of science of the twentieth century. This book reconstructs Feyerabend's pluralistic conceptions of knowledge and philosophy as they developed from the late 1940s through to his infamous Against Method. It combines a his...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Berlin ; New York :
Walter de Gruyter,
©2006.
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Colección: | Quellen und Studien zur Philosophie ;
Bd. 73. |
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Introduction
- PART I. FEYERABEND'S PHILOSOPHICAL DEVELOPMENT. Facing Feyerabend. Some preliminary problems
- Ludwig Wittgenstein. Meaning and ontology
- Karl Popper. Using and abusing critical rationalism
- Felix Ehrenhaft. The impotence of experiment
- PART II. FEYERABEND'S ASSAULT ON CONCEPTUAL CONSERVATISM. Incommensurability as attack on conceptual conservatism
- Incommensurability and scientific realism
- PART III. FEYERABEND'S PHILOSOPHICAL PLURALISM. Feyerabend's methods
- The role of alternatives in promoting progress
- Feyerabend's philosophical pluralism (1950s-1990s)
- Conclusions: Feyerabend's philosophy? Pluralism for progress.