Kusch, Martin (Author)
Studies in History and Philosophy of Science
Volume: 57
Pages: 106-113
Publication date: 2016
Language: English
This paper reconstructs, and distinguishes between, Feyerabend's different forms of relativism in his later writings. Science in a Free Society remains close to familiar forms of relativism, while, at the same time, developing an original but under-argued form of political relativism, and rejecting “conversion” models of cultural exchange. Farewell to Reason moves away from common renderings of relativism, and develops a range of different new forms. Central here are links between relativism, skepticism and infallibilism. In the last six years of his life, Feyerabend often criticizes a peculiar radical form of relativism that arguably no-one has ever proposed or defended. In the same context, Feyerabend sketches an “ontological” form of relativism. It combines “Kantian humility”, metaphysical pluralism and constructivism.
...MoreArticle Matthew J. Brown; Ian James Kidd (2016) Introduction: Reappraising Paul Feyerabend. Studies in History and Philosophy of Science (pp. 1-8).
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