This book is the first comprehensive critical study of the work of Paul Feyerabend, one of the foremost twentiethcentury philosophers of science. The book traces the evolution of Feyerabends thought, beginning with his early attempt to graft insights from Wittgensteins conception of meaning onto Poppers falsificationist philosophy. The key elements of Feyerabends model of the acquisition of knowledge are identified and critically evaluated. Feyerabends early work emerges as a contribution to the historical approach to science with which he is usually associated. In his more notorious later work, Feyerabend claimed that there was, and should be, no such thing as the scientific method. The roots of Feyerabends epistemological anarchism are exposed and the weaknesses of his cultural relativism are brought out. Throughout the book, Preston discusses the influence of Feyerabends thought on contemporary philosophers and traces his stimulating but divided legacy. The book will be of interest to students of philosophy, methodology and the social sciences.

Binding: Paperback;252 pages; Publisher: Polity Press; Classification: N/A; Weight: 495.57 g; Dimensions: N/A

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