{"product_id":"conquest-of-abundance-a-tale-of-abstraction-versus-the-richness-of-being-9780226245331","title":"Conquest of Abundance: A Tale of Abstraction versus the Richness of Being","description":"\u003cp\u003eFrom 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 Conquest of Abundance  the book on which Feyerabend was at work when he died in 1994. Prepared from drafts of the manuscript left at his death  working notes  and lectures and articles Feyerabend wrote while the larger work was in progress  Conquest of Abundance 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.  \"Paul Feyerabend . . . was the Norman Mailer of philosophy. . . . brilliant  brave  adventurous  original and quirky.\"Richard Rorty  New Republic  \"As much a smudged icon as a philosophical position holder  Feyerabend was alluring and erotic  a torch singer for philosophical anarchy.\"Nancy Maull  New York Times Book Review  \"A kind of final testament of Feyerabends thought . . . Conquest of Abundance is as much the product of a brilliant  scintillating style as of an immense erudition and culture. . . . This book is as abundant and rich as the world it envisions.\"Arkady Plotnitsky  Chicago Tribune\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45666376941621,"sku":"ByrdShop_0226245330","price":54.77,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780226245331.jpg?v=1782430092","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/conquest-of-abundance-a-tale-of-abstraction-versus-the-richness-of-being-9780226245331","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}