(Outline of an Anarchistic Theory of Knowledge). Revised Edition.

Modern philosophy of science has paid great attention to the understanding of scientific ?practice?, in contrast to concentration on scientific ?method?. Paul Feyerabend?s acclaimed work, which has contributed greatly to this new emphasis, shows the deficiencies of some widespread ideas about the nature of knowledge. He argues that the only feasible explanations of scientific successes are historical explanations, and that anarchism must now replace rationalism in the theory of knowledge.

Paul Feyerabend 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 Philosophical Papers, Farewell to Reason, and Against Method.