In recent years, many members of the intellectual community have embraced a radical relativism regarding knowledge in general and scientific knowledge in partic

This collection of Feyerabend's philosophical papers gathers together work originally published between 1960 and 1980.

The institutionalization of History and Philosophy of Science as a distinct field of scholarly endeavour began comparatively earl- though not always under that

This volume comprises original articles by leading authors – from philosophy as well as sociology – in the debate around relativism in the sociology of (sci

This book offers a vigorous and constructive challenge to relativism by examining a wide range of anti-realist theories, and in response offering a variety of a