Farewell to Reason

Farewell to Reason
ISBN-10
0860918963
ISBN-13
9780860918967
Category
Science
Pages
327
Language
English
Published
1987
Publisher
Verso
Authors
Paul K. Feyerabend, Paul Feyerabend

Description

Essays discuss relativism, knowledge, creativity, progress, Aristotle, Galileo, cultural pluralism, and reason

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