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Postmodern Criticize To Traditional Philosophy Of Science

Posted on:2007-10-08Degree:MasterType:Thesis
Country:ChinaCandidate:Y GaoFull Text:PDF
GTID:2120360185973845Subject:Foreign philosophy
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The philosophy of science is a bridge connecting science with philosophy, in our era, science becomes an important object of philosophical inquiry when science is highly developing, science is examined from different angles of view, thus its rich and profound philosophical significance being increasingly revealed, in the same time, many schools are formed, a good number of new views presented.The article comprehensively and systematically expound the philosophy of science of PaulKarl Feyerabend ,who is the one of the famous philosopher of Historicism in the west. He occupies a fairly important place not only in the philosophy of science but also the modern philosophy. Feyerabend's anarchistic theory of knowledge is reviewed and discussed in the paper, it will exhibits various aspects of the theory the same and recent advance study in China. The author presents some original view on the most of the Feyerabend's theoretic issues.As a respected philosopher of science, what Feyerabend concerned is advancement of social civilization and the realistic life of human beings, not science itself! The study of Feyerabend's philosophy of science will give inspirit to those who desire to overcoming the contrast between Scientism and Humanism and who are truly thought of the integration of Scientific Reason and Human Spirit.
Keywords/Search Tags:the viewpoint of science, anarchistic epistemology, critical rationality, plurality methodology, chauvinism of science, postmodernism
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