Was Feyerabend a Postmodernist?

被引:7
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作者
Kidd, Ian James [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ Nottingham, Dept Philosophy, Univ Pk, Nottingham NG7 2RD, England
关键词
SCIENCE; PHILOSOPHY; RELATIVISM; PLURALISM; REALISM;
D O I
10.1080/02698595.2016.1240463
中图分类号
N09 [自然科学史]; B [哲学、宗教];
学科分类号
01 ; 0101 ; 010108 ; 060207 ; 060305 ; 0712 ;
摘要
This article asks whether the philosophy of Paul K. Feyerabend can be reasonably classified as postmodernist, a label applied to him by friends and foes alike. After describing some superficial similarities between the style and content of both Feyerabend's and postmodernist writings, I offer three more robust characterisations of postmodernism in terms of relativism, 'incredulity to metanarratives', and 'depthlessness'. It emerges that none of these characterisations offers a strong justification for classifying Feyerabend as 'postmodern' in any significant sense. Indeed, what does emerge is that Feyerabend's work was fundamentally informed by a humanitarian vision of the value of science that is, in fact, strikingly modern.
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页码:55 / 68
页数:14
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