INTERPRETING FEYERABEND This collection of new essays interprets and critically evaluates the philosophyofPaulFeyerabend.Itoffersinnovativehistoricalscholar- ship on Feyerabend’s take on topics such as realism, empiricism, mimesis, voluntarism, pluralism, materialism, and the mind-body problem, as well as certain debates in the philosophy of physics. It alsoconsidersthewaysinwhichFeyerabend’sthoughtcancontribute to contemporary debates in science and public policy, including questions about the nature of scientific methodology, the role of scienceinsociety,citizenscience,scientism,andtheroleofexpertise inpublicpolicy.Thevolumewillprovidereaderswithacomprehen- siveoverviewofthetopicsthatFeyerabendengagedwiththroughout hiscareer,showingboththebreadthandthedepthofhisthought. karim bschir is a Lecturer at the University of St Gallen, Switzerland.Hisresearchfocusesontopicsinthegeneralphilosophy ofscienceandthehistoryofphilosophyofscience.Hehaswrittenon the relationship of Feyerabend’s pluralism to Popper’s critical rationalism. jamie shaw isPostdoctoralFellowattheInstituteforHistoryand Philosophy of Science and Technology, University of Toronto. His primary research interests revolve around the implications of Feyerabend’spluralismforsciencefundingpolicy. Downloaded from https://www.cambridge.org/core. 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It alsoconsidersthewaysinwhichFeyerabend’sthoughtcancontribute to contemporary debates in science and public policy, including questions about the nature of scientific methodology, the role of scienceinsociety,citizenscience,scientism,andtheroleofexpertise inpublicpolicy.Thevolumewillprovidereaderswithacomprehen- siveoverviewofthetopicsthatFeyerabendengagedwiththroughout hiscareer,showingboththebreadthandthedepthofhisthought. karim bschir is a Lecturer at the University of St Gallen, Switzerland.Hisresearchfocusesontopicsinthegeneralphilosophy ofscienceandthehistoryofphilosophyofscience.Hehaswrittenon the relationship of Feyerabend’s pluralism to Popper’s critical rationalism. jamie shaw isPostdoctoralFellowattheInstituteforHistoryand Philosophy of Science and Technology, University of Toronto. His primary research interests revolve around the implications of Feyerabend’spluralismforsciencefundingpolicy. Downloaded from https://www.cambridge.org/core. 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Firstpublished2021 AcataloguerecordforthispublicationisavailablefromtheBritishLibrary. isbn978-1-108-47199-2Hardback CambridgeUniversityPresshasnoresponsibilityforthepersistenceoraccuracyof URLsforexternalorthird-partyinternetwebsitesreferredtointhispublication anddoesnotguaranteethatanycontentonsuchwebsitesis,orwillremain, accurateorappropriate. Downloaded from https://www.cambridge.org/core. University of Toronto, on 09 Apr 2021 at 13:44:20, subject to the Cambridge Core terms of use, available at https://www.cambridge.org/core/terms. https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108575102 INTERPRETING FEYERABEND This collection of new essays interprets and critically evaluates the philosophyofPaulFeyerabend.Itoffersinnovativehistoricalscholar- ship on Feyerabend’s take on topics such as realism, empiricism, mimesis, voluntarism, pluralism, materialism, and the mind-body problem, as well as certain debates in the philosophy of physics. It alsoconsidersthewaysinwhichFeyerabend’sthoughtcancontribute to contemporary debates in science and public policy, including questions about the nature of scientific methodology, the role of scienceinsociety,citizenscience,scientism,andtheroleofexpertise inpublicpolicy.Thevolumewillprovidereaderswithacomprehen- siveoverviewofthetopicsthatFeyerabendengagedwiththroughout hiscareer,showingboththebreadthandthedepthofhisthought. karim bschir is a Lecturer at the University of St Gallen, Switzerland.Hisresearchfocusesontopicsinthegeneralphilosophy ofscienceandthehistoryofphilosophyofscience.Hehaswrittenon the relationship of Feyerabend’s pluralism to Popper’s critical rationalism. jamie shaw isPostdoctoralFellowattheInstituteforHistoryand Philosophy of Science and Technology, University of Toronto. His primary research interests revolve around the implications of Feyerabend’spluralismforsciencefundingpolicy. Downloaded from https://www.cambridge.org/core. 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