Against Method: Outline of an Anarchistic Theory of Knowledge

Feyerabend, Paul; Paul K. Feyerabend

ISBN 10: 0902308912 / ISBN 13: 9780902308916

Published by NLB, London, 1976

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Against Method: Outline of an Anarchistic Theory of Knowledge
• Publisher: NLB, London
• Publication Date: 1976
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0902308912
• ISBN 13: 9780902308916
• Binding: Hardcover
• Illustrator: Karen Montgomery (Photo)
• Edition: 1st Published: 1975
• Printing: 3rd Impression: Octo
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good

About this title

Synopsis

Paul Feyerabend’s globally acclaimed work, which sparked and continues to stimulate fierce debate, examines the deficiencies of many widespread ideas about scientific progress and the nature of knowledge. Feyerabend argues that scientific advances can only be understood in a historical context. He looks at the way the philosophy of science has consistently overemphasized practice over method, and considers the possibility that anarchism could replace rationalism in the theory of knowledge.

About the Author

Paul Feyerabend was Professor of Philosophy at UC Berkeley, and Professor of the Philosophy of Science at the Federal Institute of Technology at Zurich. He died in 1994. His books include Philosophical Papers, Farewell to Reason, and Against Method.