{"product_id":"realism-rationalism-and-scientific-method-volume-1-philosophical-papers-paperback-9780521316422","title":"Realism, Rationalism and Scientific Method: Volume 1; Philosophical Papers (Paperback) 9780521316422","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eRealism, Rationalism and Scientific Method: Volume 1\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003ePhilosophical Papers\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003ePaul K. Feyerabend (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521316422, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback, published 30 June 1985\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e368 pages, 12 b\/w illus.\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 2.1 cm, 0.54 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e'The importance of Feyerabend is that he shows this easy way out cannot be taken for granted. As long as we had at the back of our minds the idea of an independent reality to pull thought in the right direction, Feyerabend's insistence on the inexhaustible diversity of possible standards seemed merely provocative. But without such a reality the onus of argument has shifted. Little as we may like it, Feyerabend is in the driving seat. He has actually done the historical work to show that sane men with good ideas, both within Western science and without, have hewn all kinds of different intellectual values. After Feyerabend, simply gesturing in the direction of some supposed common intellectual commitment is no longer going to hold relativism at bay. Indeed Fayerband has made it very difficult to see how we can continue to believe in the one true theoretical way. The Times Literary Supplement\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eOver the past thirty years Paul Feyerabend has developed an extremely distinctive and influentical approach to problems in the philosophy of science. The most important and seminal of his published essays are collected here in two volumes, with new introductions to provide an overview and historical perspective on the discussions of each part. Volume 1 presents papers on the interpretation of scientific theories, together with papers applying the views developed to particular problems in philosophy and physics. The essays in volume 2 examine the origin and history of an abstract rationalism, as well as its consequences for the philosophy of science and methods of scientific research. Professor Feyerabend argues with great force and imagination for a comprehensive and opportunistic pluralism. In doing so he draws on extensive knowledge of scientific history and practice, and he is alert always to the wider philosophical, practical and political implications of conflicting views. These two volumes fully display the variety of his ideas, and confirm the originality and significance of his work.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eIntroduction to volumes 1 and 2\u003cbr\u003e Part I. On The Interpretation of Scientific Theories: 1. Introduction: scientific realism and philosophical realism\u003cbr\u003e 3. An attempt at a realistic interpretation of scientific theories\u003cbr\u003e 4. Explanation, reduction and empiricism\u003cbr\u003e 5. On the 'meaning' of scientific terms\u003cbr\u003e 6. Reply to criticism: comments on Smart, Sellars and Putnam\u003cbr\u003e 7. Science without experience\u003cbr\u003e Part II. Applications and Criticisms: 8. Introduction: proliferation and realism as methodological principles\u003cbr\u003e 9. Linguistic arguments and scientific method\u003cbr\u003e 10. Materialism and the mind-body problem\u003cbr\u003e 11. Realism and instrumentalism: comments on the logic of factual support\u003cbr\u003e 12. A note on the problem of induction\u003cbr\u003e 13. On the quantum theory of measurement\u003cbr\u003e 14. Professor Bohm's philosophy of nature\u003cbr\u003e 15. Reichenbach's interpretation of quantum mechanics\u003cbr\u003e 16. Niels Bohr's world view\u003cbr\u003e 17. Hidden variables and the argument of Einstein, Podolsky and Rosen\u003cbr\u003e Sources\u003cbr\u003e Name index\u003cbr\u003e Subject index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Philosophy of science [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Philosophy of science\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Philosophy%20of%20science%20%5BPDA%5D%22\"\u003ePDA\u003c\/a\u003e], Social \u0026amp; political philosophy [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Social \u0026amp; political philosophy\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Social%20\u0026amp;%20political%20philosophy%20%5BHPS%5D%22\"\u003eHPS\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46002984157464,"sku":"9780521316422","price":25.89,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521316422i_6155fc32-9df1-4af1-92d0-c82df103e7ed.jpg?v=1691375114","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/realism-rationalism-and-scientific-method-volume-1-philosophical-papers-paperback-9780521316422","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}