Encouraging Openness Essays for Joseph Agassi on the Occasion of His 90th Birthday

“I fully recommend this book to those interested in Agassi’s philosophy, in twentieth- century philosophy of science, or in historical, sociological, and political approaches to science studies. … I can confirm that the book nicely illustrates Agassi’s optimistic stance on philosophical reflection on the sciences, along with the tolerance and impartiality that characterizes Agassi’s academic writings and life.” (Cristian Soto, Metascience, Vol. 28 (3), November, 2019)

Nimrod Bar-Am
is a philosopher of science specializing in logic and communication. He is currently a senior lecturer at the communication department, Sapir College. He studies the history of scientific method in general and methodological challenges within the social sciences in particular. His most recent publication is
In Search of a Simple Introduction to Communication
(Springer 2016). He was Joseph Agassi's research assistant (1993-1998), and published a couple of peer-reviewed papers with him.



Stefano Gattei
is a philosopher and historian of science, currently Marie Skłodowska-Curie fellow at the University of Edinburgh and Eleanor Searle Visiting Professor in History at the California Institute of Technology. He worked extensively on key issues and authors of contemporary philosophy of science, as well as on the history of early modern astronomy and cosmology. Most recently, he co-edited, with Joseph Agassi, the fourth volume ofPaul Feyerabend’s collected philosophical papers:
Physics and Philosophy
(New York: Cambridge University Press, 2015). His
Early Biographies of Galileo
is forthcoming with Princeton University Press; he is currently working on a book on Johannes Kepler and the role of engraved frontispieces and title-pages in the Scientific Revolution (under contract with Oxford University Press).