Subject: PKF: Re: Foucault and Feyerabend
Date: Fri, 20 Aug 1999 13:18:58 -0500


On page 82 of "Farewell to Reason" Feyerabend mentions Foucault and Kuhn
because Putnam had linked the three (along with positivism and Popper's
critical rationalism) as relativistic and self-refuting philosophies.
Feyerabend surely does not mention Foucault often and I do not recall
Foucault ever mentioning Feyerabend. There are similarities, e.g., both
appeal to local knowledge (Foucault uses the phrase "subjugated knowledges)
as a counterpoint to universalistic rationalism.

Good luck with your project.

Larry
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Date: Friday, August 20, 1999 7:37 AM
Subject: PKF: Foucault and Feyerabend


>Dear all!
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>My name`s Martin Freudenreich and I`m a student for philosophy and physic
>at Paderborn University/ Germany. Right now I`m engaged in writing my
>diploma thesis about Paul K. Feyerabend and his opinion about rationality.
>As PKF doesn`t restrict his work on philosophy of science alone but also
>wants to analyse science and its connection to society, the name Michel
>Foucault hit me several times. (Hilary Putnam said, that both "Feyerabend
and
>Foucault" would be "extremists", who had "something political" in their
heads.)
>With my poor English it`s hard to describe in detail what I am up to, but
>I would be glad if anyone could tell me if PKF ever mentioned Foucault oder
>whether there are books that draw an connection between Foucault and PKF.
>
>Thank you!
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>Martin Freudenreich
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