Ayrıntı Yayınları Farewell to the Mind

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In this book, paul feyerabend, one of the most important names in liberal thought, takes his rebelliousness to the extreme.

it says goodbye to reason and liberates him.

what is its purpose? Does it want to return us to the “dark ages” or even turn us into a “caveman”, as those who see history as an endless battle between light and darkness believe? Does he defend dogmatism against reason

does he say, “damn science,” “long live religion”? No!feyerabend is for cultural diversity, not for dogmatism.

according to him, western science monopolizes the world by destroying local traditions and causing many social and ecological problems. "while doing all these, the west always tries to legitimize itself with the concepts of mind and objectivity, so feyerabend aims to overthrow and overthrow from this capital ""mind""." He opposes not thinking, but the thought and reason trapping patterns similar to rationality (as he calls it, “theoretical traditions”) that confine the mind within narrow limits.

supports the practice of science and science as an activity that it considers to have great services to humanity.

He attacks the theories that turn scientists into induction machines that have nothing to do with in-sane and social concerns, that believe that all other human ventures of science are void, and that reduce science to a rational method that becomes a focus of power over citizens, outside their control.

he is for the democratization of science, drawing attention to the dangers of excessive specialization of knowledge. Scientific knowledge advocates a broader perspective that incorporates human interest and values, a philosophy that sees humans as part of nature and society, not separate from it. it argues that humans should be weighed according to a philosophy. According to him, those who will develop this attitude are not scientists or intellectuals addicted to abstract ideas such as “truth”, “mind”, but the citizens themselves.

From the greek art and thought to the war between the church and galilee, from the continuum theory of aristotle to quantum physics, from the perspective of a “democratic relativist” to the popperian rationalism that criticizes the poison rhesus, from mach's vindicated theory of research to the idea of incommensurability and the weaknesses of creativity, feyerabend addresses many issues in a provocative and horizon-opening style.

what's the main idea? Maybe it can be said like this: let's stand up against the "mental fascism".

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