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1、FirstpublishedbyNewLeftBooks,1975RevisededitionpublishedbyVerso1988ThirdeditionpublishedbyVerso1993©PaulFeyerabend1975,1988,1993AllrightsreservedVersoUK:6MeardStreet,LondonWIV3HRUSA:29West35thStreet,NewYork,NY10001-2291VersoistheimprintofNewLeftBooksBritishLibraryCataloguinginPubli
2、cationDataavailableISBN0-86091-481-XISBN0-86091-646-4USLibraryofCongressCataloginginPublicationDataavailableTypesetbyKeyboardServices,LutonPrintedandboundinGreatBritainbyBiddIesLtd,GuildfordandKing'sLynnContentsPrefaceVllPrefacetotheThirdEditionIXIntroductiontotheChineseEdition1Ana
3、lyticalIndex5Introduction9Parts1-2014PostscriptonRelativism268Index273PrefaceIn1970ImreLakatos,oneofthebestfriendsIeverhad,corneredmeataparty.'Paul,'hesaid,'youhavesuchstrangeideas.Whydon'tyouwritethemdown?Ishallwriteareply,wepublishthewholethingandIpromiseyou-weshallhavelotsoffun.
4、'Ilikedthesuggestionandstartedworking.Themanuscriptofmypartofthebookwasftnishedin1972andIsentittoLondon.Thereitdisappearedunderrathermysteriouscircumstances.ImreLakatos,wholoveddramaticgestures,notiftedInterpoland,indeed,Interpolfoundmymanuscriptandreturnedittome.Irereaditandmadeso
5、mefmalchanges.InFebruary1974,onlyafewweeksafterIhadftnishedmyrevision,IwasinformedofImre'sdeath.Ipublishedmypartofourcommonenterprisewithouthisresponse.AyearlaterIpublishedasecondvolume,ScienceinaFreeSociety,containingadditionalmaterialandrepliestocriticism.Thishistoryexplainsthefo
6、rmofthebook.Itisnotasystematictreatise;itisalettertoafriendandaddresseshisidiosyncrasies.Forexample,ImreLakatoswasarationalist,hencerationalismplaysalargeroleinthebook.HealsoadmiredPopperandthereforePopperoccursmuchmorefrequentlythanhis'objectiveimportance'wouldwarrant.ImreLakatos,
7、somewhatjokingly,calledmeananarchistandIhadnoobjectiontoputtingontheanarchist'smask.Finally,ImreLakatoslovedtoembarrassseriousopponentswithjokesandironyandsoI,too,occasionallywroteinaratherironicalvein.AnexampleistheendofChapter1:'anythinggoes'isnota'principle'Ihold-Idonotthinkthat
8、'principles'canbeusedandfr
