| 书目名称 | Feyerabend and Scientific Values | | 副标题 | Tightrope-Walking Ra | | 编辑 | Robert P. Farrell | | 视频video | | | 概述 | Constitutes the first book-length study of Feyerabend‘s post-1970 philosophy.An invaluable resource for anyone who wants to understand the views of one of the most influential philosophers of science | | 丛书名称 | Boston Studies in the Philosophy and History of Science | | 图书封面 |  | | 描述 | Every philosopher of science, and every student of the philosophy of science, has heard of Paul Feyerabend: the iconoclast who supposedly asserted that science is not rational, nor objective, but is characterised by anarchism, relativism, subjectivism and power. In this book it is argued that this picture of Feyerabend is false. Though Feyerabend was an iconoclast, his destructive philosophy was also creative. Feyerabend was deeply critical of a particular theory of scientific rationality, herein labelled ‘Rationalism‘ - characterised as the algorithmic application of universal, necessary, atemporal rules - but he did not completely reject the idea of scientific rationality. It is argued that Feyerabend implicitly supported an alternative theory of rationality, herein labelled tightrope-walking rationality, characterised as the context-sensitive balancing of inherently irreconcilable values. .The first half of the book deals with the entrenched misunderstandings of Feyerabend‘s philosophy that have arisen through a lack of appreciation of the target of Feyerabend‘s criticisms. The second half of the book brings together the positive elements to be found in Feyerabend‘s work, and pr | | 出版日期 | Book 2003 | | 关键词 | Karl R; Popper; Paul Feyerabend; argue; philosophy of science; relativism; science | | 版次 | 1 | | doi | https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-1542-3 | | isbn_softcover | 978-90-481-6309-0 | | isbn_ebook | 978-94-017-1542-3Series ISSN 0068-0346 Series E-ISSN 2214-7942 | | issn_series | 0068-0346 | | copyright | Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 2003 |
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