Farewell to Reason

by Paul Karl Feyerabend

Book Overview

Farewell to Reason offers a vigorous challenge to the scientific rationalism that underlies Western ideals of "progress" and "development," whose damaging social and ecological consequences are now widely recognized. For all their variety in theme and occasion, the essays in this book share a consistent philosophical purpose. Whether discussing Greek art and thought, vindicating the church's battle with Galileo, exploring the development of quantum...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0860918963
• ISBN13: 9780860918967
• Release Date: January 1988
• Publisher: Verso
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 0.98 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.3" x 8.4"