{"product_id":"farewell-to-reason-paul-feyerabend-9780860918967","title":"Farewell to Reason","description":"\u003ci\u003eFarewell to Reason\u003c\/i\u003e offers a vigorous challenge to the scientific rationalism that underlies Western ideals of \"progress\" and \"development,\" whose damaging social and ecological consequences are now widely recognized. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFor all their variety in theme and occasion, the essays in this book share a consistent philosophical purpose. Whether discussing Greek art and thought, vindicating the church's battle with Galileo, exploring the development of quantum physics or exposing the dogmatism of Karl Popper, Feyerabend defends a relativist and historicist notion of the sciences. The appeal to reason, he insists, is empty, and must be replaced by a notion of science that subordinates it to the needs of citizens and communities. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eProvocative, polemical and rigorously argued, \u003ci\u003eFarewell to Reason\u003c\/i\u003e will infuriate Feyerabend's critics and delight his many admirers.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Paul Feyerabend\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0860918963\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780860918967\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Verso\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/17\/1988\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 336\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.98lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.41h x 5.27w x 1.00d","brand":"Paul Feyerabend","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45896353054975,"sku":"9780860918967","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_85399db6-006b-4f7a-afba-f2e29175e09f.jpg?v=1721371176","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/farewell-to-reason-paul-feyerabend-9780860918967","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}