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The Socratic, or dialog, form is central to the history of philosophy and has been the disciplinea s canonical genre ever since. Paul Feyerabenda 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 of scientists; the nature of being; and true and false enlightenment. Throughout Three Dialogues on Knowledge is provocative, controversial and inspiring. It is, unlike most current philosophical writing, written for readers with a keen sense of what matters and why.

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Book category Books in English Humanities Philosophy Philosophy: metaphysics & ontology

• Full title: Three Dialogues on Knowledge
• Author: Paul K. Feyerabend
• Language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 176
• EAN: 9780631179184
• ISBN: 0631179186
• ID: 04897687
• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons Ltd
• Weight: 266 g
• Dimensions: 230 × 164 × 11 mm
• Date of publishing: 28. February 1991

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