The Worst Enemy of Science? : Essays in Memory of Paul Feyerabend

This stimulating collection is devoted to the life and work of the most flamboyant of twentieth-century philosophers, Paul Feyerabend. Feyerabend's radical epistemological claims, and his stunning argument that there is no such thing as scientific method, were highly influential during his life and have only gained attention since his death in 1994. The essays that make up this volume, written by some of today's most respected philosophers of science, many of whom knew Feyerabend as students and colleagues, cover the diverse themes in his extensive body of work and present a personal account of this fascinating thinker. Paul K. Feyerabend: An Obituary / Paul Hoyningen-huene -- Time Well-spent: On Paul Feyerabend's Autobiography / Sheldon J. Reaven -- Sola Experientia?: Feyerabend's Refutation Of Classical Empiricism / Bas C. Van Fraassen -- Proliferation: Is It A Good Thing? / Peter Achinstein -- Feyerabend Among Popperians / John Watkins -- A Réhabilitation Of Paul Feyerabend / Gonzalo Menévar -- Science As Supermarket: 'postmodern' Themes In Paul Feyerabend's Later Philosophy Of Science / John Preston -- Paul Feyerabend And Thomas Kuhn / Paul Hoyningen-huene -- Feyerabend, Mill, And Pluralism / Elizabeth A. Lloyd -- Two Concepts Of Political Tolerance / J.n. Hattiangadi -- To Transform The Phenomena: Feyerabend, Proliferation, And Recurrent Neural Networks / Paul M. Churchland -- Paul K. Feyerabend: Last Interview / Conducted By Joachim Jung. Edited By John Preston, Gonzalo Munévar, & David Lamb. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Paul Feyerabend was born on January 13, 1924, in Vienna.