by Paul Feyerabend · Polity · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780745651903
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In this provocative and iconoclastic book, Paul Feyerabend, one of the most influential philosophers of science of the 20th century, challenges modern myths about science and its supposed infallibility. Through a deep analysis, the author argues that many basic assumptions about the scientific method are flawed and that scientific ideology is often based on superficial generalizations that distort our understanding of human life.
Feyerabend contends that excessive abstraction, characteristic of scientific theorizing, distances us from subjective experience and the aspects that truly give meaning to our existence. Instead of solving fundamental problems like war or poverty, science tends to impose a conceptual tyranny. The author concludes by defending practical experience as a more reliable guide to reality, inviting the reader to resist any form of intellectual tyranny.
