About this title: The Socratic, or dialog, form is central to the history of philosophy and has been the discipline's canonical genre ever since. Paul Feyerabend's Three Dialogues on Knowledge resurrects the form to provide an astonishingly flexible and invigorating analysis of epistemological, ethical and metaphysical problems. He uses literary strategies - of irony, voice and distance - to make profoundly philosophical points about the epistemic, existential and political aspects of common sense and scientific knowledge. He writes about ancient and modern relativism: the authority of science: the ignorance ...
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Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Blackwell Publishing Ltd, Cambridge MA
Date Published: 1991
ISBN-13:9780631179184ISBN:0631179186
Description: Very Good. 6 x 9. Covers have minor wear, corners very lightly bumped, binding tight, text clean, 167 pages, Socratic or dialogue form of analysis of epistemological, ethical and metaphysical problems using literary strategies of irony, voice and distance to make philosophical points about common sense and scientific knowledge, the authority of science, modern relativism, ignorance of scientists, nature of being and enlightenment. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
Date Published: 1991-09-02
ISBN-13:9780631179184ISBN:0631179186
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Description: Good/No Jacket. 0631179186 Ex-Library Good condition, some creases onfront cover, spine is sunned, clear, bright and tight, ex-library with usual stamps and labels, page block is stamped. read more
Description: Good. Only lightly used. Book has minimal wear to cover and binding. A few pages may have small creases and minimal underlining. Book selection as BIG as Texas. read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Basil Blackwell, Massachusetts
Date Published: 1991
ISBN-13:9780631179184ISBN:0631179186
Description: Very Good+ paperback. Pages and text are clean and bright. Light wear to the exterior, though no chips or tears. Overall a very attractive copy. 167 pp. read more
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