Introduction

This volume attempts to reconstruct the dialogue Feyerabend held not only with his contemporaries, but also with those protagonists of the past – philosophers or scientists. The focus on Feyerabend's intellectual relationships with the main interlocutors of the past and present allowed a more multifaceted portrait of the man and philosopher to emerge, avoiding flattening on easy labels such as ‘anarchist’, ‘irrationalist’, ‘relativist’, ‘enemy of science’, and the like. The thesis that seems to be the pivot around which Feyerabend's thought is built is, as is evident from many contributions, pluralism, which was inspired to him not only by his philosophical readings, but also by his acquaintances with scientists and artists.