Against Method
内容简介
Modern philosophy of science has paid great attention to the understanding of scientific "practice, " in contrast to the earlier concentration on scientific "method." Paul Feyerabend's acclaimed work, which has contributed greatly to this new emphasis, shows the deficiencies of some widespread ideas about the nature of knowledge. He argues that the only feasible explanations of scientific successes are historical explanations, and that anarchism must now replace rationalism in the theory of knowledge.
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作者简介
Paul Karl Feyerabend (January 13, 1924 – February 11, 1994) was an Austrian-born philosopher of science best known for his work as a professor of philosophy at the University of California, Berkeley, where he worked for three decades (1958–1989). He lived a peripatetic life, living at various times in England, the United States, New Zealand, Italy, Germany, and finally Switzerland. His major works include Against Method (published in 1975), Science in a Free Society (published in 1978) and Farewell to Reason (a collection of papers published in 1987). Feyerabend became famous for his purportedly anarchistic view of science and his rejection of the existence of universal methodological rules.He is an influential figure in the philosophy of science, and also in the sociology of scientific knowledge.
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目录
Preface Vll
Preface to the Third Edition IX
Introduction to the Chinese Edition 1
Analytical Index 5
Introduction 9
Parts 1-20 14
Postscript on Relativism 268
Index 273
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读书文摘
一个达达派艺术家相信，只有当我们开始淡然处事，把我们语言中千百年里积聚起来的那些深奥的但已经陈腐的意义（“探求真理；“捍卫正义”；“热情关心”等等，等等）去除掉，才会出现有价值的人生。 我希望，读过了这本小册子，读者将记住我是个轻率的达达派分子，而不是个严肃的无政府主义者。
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