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Colston Research Symposium
In delivering his paper, "On the Quantum Theory of Measurement," introduced what was to become a long-running theme in his work: “the everyday level is part of the theoretical rather then something self-contained and independent” (Philosophical Papers, Volume I, p. 217.) Feyerabend reveals the theory which would become a common theme among his lifetime works: the relationship between experience and reality. He continued his early work at the Minnesota Center for Philosophies of Science. -
Against Method
In his most notable work, "Against Method," intended to demonstrate that scientific progress and the attainment of knowledge can not be governed by rules. Of his work he explained: "One of my motives for writing Against Method was to free people from the tyranny of philosophical obfuscators and abstract concepts such as, "truth", "reality", or "objectivity", which narrow people's vision and ways of being in the world."
https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/feyerabend/#AgaiMeth1970. -
Science in a Free Society
In this work, Feyerabend argues that society should be considered when determining the way forward of science. Feyerabend supports his beliefs stating, "science is no longer a particular institution; it is now part of the basic fabric of democracy just as the Church was once part of the basic fabric of society” (pg. 77)
Feyerabend, Paul. Science in a Free Society. 1978. Accessed from http://www.librarything.com 21 Aug 2018. -
The Tyranny of Science
This work is a compilation of a series of lectures written by Feyerabend from his time educating at Berkeley. One theme of the lectures is the disunity of science. Mentioned in his previous works, the disunity can be linked to a lack of common language among scientists and philosophers. He also insists that to say science has been successful would not be true. Although he acknowledges there has been some success, he attributes the successes to the ideological attachments they were derived from.
