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Against Method
by Paul Feyerabend
ISBN: 0860916464
ISBN-13: 9780860916468
Format: Paperback
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Publisher: Verso Books
Published date: 1993
Edition: 3rd edition
Size: 5.25 x 8.5 inches
Weight: 0.85 pounds
Publisher's Notes
Claiming that anarchism must now replace rationalism in the theory of knowledge, Feyerapend argues that intellectual progress miles on the creativity of the scientist, against the authority of science.
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