Feyerabend's philosophy
by Eric Oberheim
طبع 1
قائمة
شناسنامه
العنوان واسم المؤلف
Feyerabend's philosophy / by Eric Oberheimبيانات النشر
برلین : Walter de Gruyter، 2006مالمواصفات الشكلية
x, 321 p.; 24 cm.الموضوع
Feyerabend, Paul, 1924-1994Methodology 20th century -- History
Philosophy, Austrian 20th century
Philosophy, Modern 20th century
مسلسل
(Quellen und Studien zur Philosophie,0344-8142؛ Bd. 73)اللغة
انگلیسیملاحظات
Revised version of the author's thesis )doctoral(--Universitt Hannover, 4002.Includes bibliographical references )p. ]982[-513( and index.
المحتويات
Introduction -- PART I. FEYERABEND'S PHILOSOPHICAL DEVELOPMENT. Facing Feyerabend. Some preliminary problems -- Ludwig Wittgenstein. Meaning and ontology -- Karl Popper. Using and abusing critical rationalism -- Felix Ehrenhaft. The impotence of experiment -- PART II. FEYERABEND'S ASSAULT ON CONCEPTUAL CONSERVATISM. Incommensurability as attack on conceptual conservatism -- Incommensurability and scientific realism -- PART III. FEYERABEND'S PHILOSOPHICAL PLURALISM. Feyerabend's methods -- The role of alternatives in promoting progress -- Feyerabend's philosophical pluralism (1950s-1990s) -- Conclusions: Feyerabend's philosophy? Pluralism for progress