Three Dialogues on Knowledge by Paul K. Feyerabend (PDF)

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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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Editorial Reviews: Review “An audacious thinker, a brilliant polemicist, an iconoclast …” Publishers’ Weekly From the Inside Flap 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. From the Back Cover 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. About the Author Paul K. Feyerabend (1924-1994) was professor of Philosophy at the University of California, Berkeley, and Professor of the Philosophy of Science at the Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich. He was previously Professor of Philosophy at Yale University, the Free University of Berlin, University College, London, and the University of Auckland, New Zealand. He is the author of Against Method (1988), Farewell to Reason (1987) and Philosophical Papers (1984). Read more

Reviews from Amazon users which were colected at the time this book was published on the website:

⭐Beautiful shortcut to why philosophy is more like a dance than a science …. somewhat parallel to Italo Calvino’s 6 lectures on literature …

⭐Looking forward to it!

⭐It’s such a great book, one of the greatest works in epistemology ever written, and it’s so poorly done. I don’t know what’s up with the publishers. Feyerabend’s books are usually quite aesthetic. Why would they bring out one of his best works in such poor quality, beats me. The font is untidy, the cover is cheap quality and the page looks bluish white. The type setting is also not good. (I had already read a photocopy version of it and it was so good, much better than even this book itself, perhaps taken for a different edition.) I liked this book so much that although I had already read it I wanted an original copy. But it doesn’t look good at all. Publishers should really think about it. It’s sub-standard.-HaroonLahore, Pakistan

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