Science in a Free Society

Name: Science in a Free Society
Price: 7.79 USD
Availability: InStock
ISBN: 9780860917533

ISBN-10: 0860917533

ISBN-13: 9780860917533

Edition: 1982

Authors: Paul Feyerabend

List price: $16.99

30 day, 100% satisfaction guarantee!

Buy new: $18.31

Marketplace

5 new & used from $7.79

what's this?

Rush Rewards U
Members Receive:

You have reached 400 XP and carrot coins. That is the daily max!

Description:

No study in the philosophy of science created such controversy in the seventies as Paul Feyerabend’s Against Method. In this work, Feyerabend reviews that controversy, and extends his critique beyond the problem of scientific rules and methods, to the social function and direction of science today.In the first part of the book, he launches a sustained and irreverent attack on the prestige of science in the West. The lofty authority of the expert claimed by scientists is, he argues, incompatible with any genuine democracy, and often merely serves to conceal entrenched prejudices and divided opinions with the scientific community itself. Feyerabend insists that these can and should be…

Book details

List price: $16.99
Copyright year: 1982
Publisher: Verso Books
Publication date: 11/1/1982
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 222
Size: 5.25" wide x 8.00" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 0.528