Feyerabend, Paul K.
Farewell to Reason
- ISBN 13:
- 9780860918967
- author:
- Feyerabend, Paul K.
- format:
- Paperback
- publisher:
- Verso Books
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 1988
- Pages:
- 362
- Dimensions:
- 13.72 x 1.52 x 21.59 centimetres
- Genre:
- Nonfiction, Philosophy, General
- Condition:
- New
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 7 working days
Description
Farewell to Reason offers a provocative challenge to the dominant scientific rationalism that underlies Western ideals of progress and development. Paul Feyerabend's essays in this book argue for a relativist and historicist notion of the sciences, one that subordinates reason to the needs of citizens and communities. Feyerabend defends his stance through a range of examples, from Greek art and thought to the battle between the church and Galileo, and the development of quantum physics. He contends that the appeal to reason is empty and must be replaced by a more nuanced understanding of science's role in society. This book will likely infuriate Feyerabend's critics, but it has already earned him a devoted following among those who appreciate his rigorously argued and polemical ideas.
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