Paul karl feyerabend was an austrianborn 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 19581989. In the context of this work, the term anarchy refers to epistemological anarchy. Appearance of feyerabends first book, against method, setting out epistemological anarchism, whose main thesis. He is the author of historical ontology, scientific revolutions, and. Platos lists of subjects in chapter vii of his republicthese are the ways that are still being used today. New left books, 1975, which he sometimes conceived of as a letter to lakatos to whom the book is dedicated. Thank you utterly much for downloading against method outline of an anarchistic theory knowledge paul karl feyerabend. To summarize his poin this took forever to read, not because the contents were boring, but because most of it went way over my head. Basically feyerabend shows us that knowledge is always procedural. See all formats and editions hide other formats and editions. To ask other readers questions about against methodplease sign up. The third edition of this text contains a new preface, as well as paul feyerabends further contributions to the philosophy of science. Paul feyerabends globally acclaimed work, which sparked and continues to stimulate fierce. Paul feyerabend was professor of philosophy at uc berkeley, and professor of the philosophy of science at the federal institute of technology at zurich.
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