{"product_id":"conquest-of-abundance-a-tale-of-abstraction-versus-the-richness-of-being-9780226245348","title":"Conquest of Abundance: A Tale of Abstraction versus the Richness of Being","description":"From flea bites to galaxies, from love affairs to shadows, Paul Feyerabend reveled in the sensory and intellectual abundance that surrounds us. He found it equally striking that human senses and human intelligence are able to take in only a fraction of these riches. \"This a blessing, not a drawback,\" he writes. \"A superconscious organism would not be superwise, it would be paralyzed.\" This human reduction of experience to a manageable level is the heart of \u003ci\u003eConquest of Abundance\u003c\/i\u003e, the book on which Feyerabend was at work when he died in 1994.\u003cbr\u003ePrepared from drafts of the manuscript left at his death, working notes, and lectures and articles Feyerabend wrote while the larger work was in progress, \u003ci\u003eConquest of Abundance\u003c\/i\u003e offers up rich exploration and startling insights with the charm, lucidity, and sense of mischief that are his hallmarks. Feyerabend is fascinated by how we attempt to explain and predict the mysteries of the natural world, and he looks at the ways in which we abstract experience, explain anomalies, and reduce wonder to formulas and equations. Through his exploration of the positive and negative consequences of these efforts, Feyerabend reveals the \"conquest of abundance\" as an integral part of the history and character of Western civilization.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-10378593\"\u003ePaul Feyerabend\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Chicago Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/01\/2001\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 303\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.86lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.92h x 5.96w x 0.70d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780226245348\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0226245349\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-SCI\"\u003eScience\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-SCI075000\"\u003ePhilosophy \u0026amp; Social Aspects\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePaul Feyerabend\u003c\/b\u003e (1924-94) held numerous teaching posts throughout his career in Europe and the United States. Among his books are \u003ci\u003eAgainst Method\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eScience in a Free Society\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eFarewell to Reason\u003c\/i\u003e; and \u003ci\u003eKilling Time: The Autobiography of Paul Feyerabend\u003c\/i\u003e, the last published by the University of Chicago Press.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Chicago Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44579302506733,"sku":"9780226245348","price":47.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/8097\/6621\/products\/img_f7306827-b4af-40db-bd0f-8e247318e02a.jpg?v=1702059369","url":"https:\/\/sureshotbooks.com\/products\/conquest-of-abundance-a-tale-of-abstraction-versus-the-richness-of-being-9780226245348","provider":"SureShot Books Publishing LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}