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Pluralist Methodology
Early on in Feyerabend’s career he was a huge supporter of Popper’s pluralistic methodology. Which is to put it in basic terms creating multiple hypothesis to reach a conclusion to test which would reveal one the hypothesis to be true or false. Feyerabend exhorted scientists to work with sets of incompatible general theories, so as to maximize criticism, falsification, and progress to produce the best science (Farrell 260). -
Incommensurability
During this time Feyerabend worked on his theory on incommensurability. To Feyerabend incommensurability was when science moved from one theory to another or that when older theories had been replaced the terms used during that time were changed to match the new theory. Thus making old theories incommensurable with new terminology. -
Epistemological Anarchism
In 1970, Feyerabend gave his slogan to the world “anything goes” which created gathered a lot of hate. In his work “Experts in a Free Society” he gave meaning to what he meant by anything goes. He related the methodologies of other scientists throughout history as having no really well defined methods to their work, and that looking at those historical situations you can see that science has advanced in many different ways through many different methods. -
The Against Method
During this time Feyerabend released his highly criticized book "Against Method" this book's main thesis was that there was no scientific method in science. This book that was more of a collage as deemed by Feyerabend than a book. Part of the focus of his book was drawing his conclusion to “epistemological anarchist” that there are no useful and exception less methodological rules governing the progress of science or the growth of knowledge (Preston).
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