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"Conquest of Abundance" was prepared from drafts of the manuscript left at the author's death, working notes, lectures and articles Feyerabend wrote while the larger work was in progress. It offers up exploration and insights with the charm, and sense of mischief that are his hallmarks.

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A note on the editing; Part one: The unfinished manuscript; introduction 1 Achilles' conjecture; 2 xenophanes; 3 Parmenides and the logic of being interlude: On the ambiguity of interpretations; 4 Brunelleschi and the invention of perspective; Part Two: Essays on the manuscript's themes; 1 realism and the historicity of knowledge; 2 has the scientific view of the world a special status compared with other views?; 3 quantum theory and our view of the world; 4 realism; 5 historical comments on realism; 6 what reality? 7 Aristotle. Part contents.

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      Publisher: The University of Chicago Press
      Publication Date: 01/05/2001
      ISBN13: 9780226245348, 978-0226245348
      ISBN10: 0226245349
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      Philosophical traditions and schools of thought Philosophy: epistemology and theory of knowledge

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      "Conquest of Abundance" was prepared from drafts of the manuscript left at the author's death, working notes, lectures and articles Feyerabend wrote while the larger work was in progress. It offers up exploration and insights with the charm, and sense of mischief that are his hallmarks.

      Table of Contents
      A note on the editing; Part one: The unfinished manuscript; introduction 1 Achilles' conjecture; 2 xenophanes; 3 Parmenides and the logic of being interlude: On the ambiguity of interpretations; 4 Brunelleschi and the invention of perspective; Part Two: Essays on the manuscript's themes; 1 realism and the historicity of knowledge; 2 has the scientific view of the world a special status compared with other views?; 3 quantum theory and our view of the world; 4 realism; 5 historical comments on realism; 6 what reality? 7 Aristotle. Part contents.

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