Feyerabend and Scientific Values

Feyerabend and Scientific Values
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Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages : 339
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ISBN-10 : 9789401715423
ISBN-13 : 9401715424
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Book Synopsis Feyerabend and Scientific Values by : R.P. Farrell

Download or read book Feyerabend and Scientific Values written by R.P. Farrell and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2013-06-29 with total page 339 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book deals with the entrenched misunderstandings of Feyerabend's philosophy, brings together the positive elements to be found in Feyerabend's work, and presents these elements as a coherent alternative conception of scientific rationality. It is the first book-length study of Feyerabend's post-1970 philosophy and will be an invaluable resource for philosophers of science, students of the philosophy of science, and anyone who wants to understand the views of one of the most influential philosophers of science of the twentieth century.


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