{"product_id":"science-in-a-free-society-paperback","title":"Science in a Free Society - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003ePaul Feyerabend\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNo study in the philosophy of science created such controversy in the seventies as Paul Feyerabend's \u003ci\u003eAgainst Method\u003c\/i\u003e. In this work, Feyerabend reviews that controversy, and extends his critique beyond the problem of scientific rules and methods, to the social function and direction of science today. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn the first part of the book, he launches a sustained and irreverent attack on the prestige of science in the West. The lofty authority of the \"expert\" claimed by scientists is, he argues, incompatible with any genuine democracy, and often merely serves to conceal entrenched prejudices and divided opinions with the scientific community itself. Feyerabend insists that these can and should be subjected to the arbitration of the lay population, whose closes interests they constantly affect--as struggles over atomic energy programs so powerfully attest. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eCalling for far greater diversity in the content of education to facilitate democratic decisions over such issues, Feyerabend recounts the origin and development of his own ideas--successively engaged by Brecht, Ehrenhaft, Popper, Mill and Lakatos--in a spirited intellectual self-portrait. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003e Science in a Free Society\u003c\/i\u003e is a striking intervention into one of the most topical debates in contemporary culture and politics.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePaul Feyerabend\u003c\/b\u003e was Professor of Philosophy at UC Berkeley, and Professor of the Philosophy of Science at the Federal Institute of Technology at Zurich. He died in 1994. His books include \u003ci\u003ePhilosophical Papers\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eFarewell to Reason\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eAgainst Method\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 222\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.51 x 8 x 5.25 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 15, 2012\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47449868435634,"sku":"9780860917533","price":22.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0770\/3891\/1666\/files\/e5f982c06749ca02fac08b6bf0144657.webp?v=1778774435","url":"https:\/\/box.dadyminds.org\/products\/science-in-a-free-society-paperback","provider":"DADYMINDS BOX","version":"1.0","type":"link"}