{"product_id":"farewell-to-reason-9780860918967","title":"Farewell to Reason","description":"\u003ci\u003eFarewell to Reason\u003c\/i\u003e 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFor 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 physics or exposing the dogmatism of Karl Popper, Feyerabend defends a relativist and historicist notion of the sciences. The appeal to reason, he insists, is empty, and must be replaced by a notion of science that subordinates it to the needs of citizens and communities. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eProvocative, polemical and rigorously argued, \u003ci\u003eFarewell to Reason\u003c\/i\u003e will infuriate Feyerabend's critics and delight his many admirers.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Verso\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/17\/1988\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780860918967\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 336\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.98lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.41h x 5.27w x 1.00d","brand":"Paul Feyerabend","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44413565337781,"sku":"9780860918967","price":25.46,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_c1f11ccd-ed63-451f-9235-ea5e8ae184b0.jpg?v=1720537680","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/farewell-to-reason-9780860918967","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}