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Three Dialogues on Knowledge

By Paul K. Feyerabend

Book information

Publisher
Wiley-Blackwell
Year
1991
ISBN
0631179186, 9780631179184
Open Library ID
OL7609031M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
2 MB (2406829 bytes)
Pages
178\178
Library
demonoid.me
Time added
2011-03-06 17:00:15

Description

The Socratic, or dialog, form is central to the history of philosophy and has been the discipline's canonical genre ever since. Paul Feyerabend's Three Dialogues on Knowledge resurrects the form to provide an astonishingly flexible and invigorating analysis of epistemological, ethical and metaphysical problems. He uses literary strategies - of irony, voice and distance - to make profoundly philosophical points about the epistemic, existential and political aspects of common sense and scientific knowledge. He writes about ancient and modern relativism; the authority of science; the ignorance of scientists; the nature of being; and true and false enlightenment. Throughout Three Dialogues on Knowledge is provocative, controversial and inspiring. It is, unlike most current philosophical writing, written for readers with a keen sense of what matters and why.

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