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Author: Paul K. Feyerabend (University of California at Berkeley, and Federal Institute of Technology at Zurich)
Publisher: John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Imprint: Polity Press
Dimensions:
Width: 14.30cm
, Height: 1.60cm
, Length: 22.20cm
Weight: 0.336kg
ISBN: 9780745651897
ISBN 10: 0745651895
Pages: 180
Publication Date: 01 April 2011
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Professional and scholarly
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Professional & Vocational
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
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Feyerabend is not attacking science but rather the ideology of science and the metaphysical pronouncements of philosophers and theoreticians. He makes an eloquent and imaginative plea for the importance of the diverse forms of knowledge embodied in the practicalities of everyday life. David Bloor, University of Edinburgh<p> The Tyranny of Science is no work of arid scholarship or technical philosophy. It is the work of a philosophical story-teller who recounts 'fairytales' to situate the ideas he discusses. Feyerabend brings science and philosophy down from the heights of abstract theory to the ground of practice and experience which animates them. Howard Sankey, University of Melbourne
Feyerabend is not attacking science but rather the ideology of science and the metaphysical pronouncements of philosophers and theoreticians. He makes an eloquent and imaginative plea for the importance of the diverse forms of knowledge embodied in the practicalities of everyday life. David Bloor, University of Edinburgh <p> The Tyranny of Science is no work of arid scholarship or technical philosophy. It is the work of a philosophical story-teller who recounts 'fairytales' to situate the ideas he discusses. Feyerabend brings science and philosophy down from the heights of abstract theory to the ground of practice and experience which animates them. Howard Sankey, University of Melbourne
In this posthumously published book, the maverick philosopher of science Paul Feyerabend questions the dominance of abstract, theoretical, objectivist science over more human modes of thought. New Scientist Stimulating, thought-provoking, and hugely entertaining. Morning Star Both the style of presentation, and the question and answer sessions, will make this book accessible to a popular readership. It will be met with enthusiasm by those with a prior engagement with Feyerabend's work. Metascience Feyerabend is not attacking science but rather the ideology of science and the metaphysical pronouncements of philosophers and theoreticians. He makes an eloquent and imaginative plea for the importance of the diverse forms of knowledge embodied in the practicalities of everyday life. David Bloor, University of Edinburgh The Tyranny of Science is no work of arid scholarship or technical philosophy. It is the work of a philosophical story-teller who recounts 'fairytales' to situate the ideas he discusses. Feyerabend brings science and philosophy down from the heights of abstract theory to the ground of practice and experience which animates them. Howard Sankey, University of Melbourne
Author Information
Paul Feyerabend was one of the twentieth century's leading philosophers of science. His most well-known books are Against Method and Science in a Free Society.
