Interpreting FeyerabendKarim Bschir, Jamie Shaw Introduction: Paul Feyerabend's philosophy in the 21st century / by Jamie Shaw and Karim Bschir -- Feyerabend on art and science / by Chiara Ambrosio -- The coherence of Feyerabend's pluralist realism / by Hasok Chang -- Feyerabend's general theory of scientific change / by Hakob Barseghyan -- Feyerabend's theoretical pluralism : an investigation of the epistemic value of false theories / by K. Brad Wray -- Epistemological anarchism meets epistemological voluntarism : Feyerabend's against method and van Fraassen's the empirical stance / by Martin Kusch -- Feyerabend never was an eliminative materialist : Feyerabend's meta-philosophy and the mind-body problem / by Jamie Shaw -- Feyerabend's reevaluation of scientific practice : quantum mechanics, realism and Niels Bohr / Daniel Kuby -- On Feyerabend, general relativity, and 'unreasonable' universes / J.B. Manchak -- Feyerabend, science, and scientism / by Ian James Kidd -- Matthew Brown : against expertise : a lesson from Feyerabend's Science in a free society? / by Matthew Brown -- A way forward for citizen science : taking advice from a madman / by Sarah M. Roe. |
Contents
Feyerabend on Art and Science | 11 |
The Coherence of Feyerabends Pluralist Realism | 40 |
Feyerabends General Theory of Scientific Change | 57 |
An Investigation of | 72 |
Feyerabends | 114 |
Quantum | 132 |
On Feyerabend General Relativity and Unreasonable | 161 |
Feyerabend Science and Scientism | 172 |
A Lesson from | 191 |
Taking Advice from | 213 |
Bibliography | 231 |
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