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Paul Feyerabend
"The separation of church and state must be complemented with the separation of state and science, that most recent, most aggressive, and most dogmatic religious institution."
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Important Early Papers from Berkley
Paul Feyerabend proposed 2 papers, “An Attempt at a Realistic Interpretation of Experience”, and “Complementarity”, that were featured in proceedings of Aristotelian Society. They were against positivism and argued for scientific reality. Feyerabend was against Karl Popper's views of falsification due to the difference in relation between theory and experience. -
Against Method
Paul Feyerabend published his first book, 'Against Method' which created turbulent debate in the scientific community. It argues against the scientific method as the lead method for determining theories. He rather believed that great scientists are more methodological opportunists who use any moves that come to hand even if these methods are break the norm of scientific method. -
Summary
“Post-Kuhnian Philosophy of Science: Paul Feyerabend (1 of 2).” YouTube, 29 Mar. 2017, www.youtube.com/watch?v=6QgRFxr4tu8. -
Citations
Citations:
Preston, John. “Paul Feyerabend.” Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, 24 Aug. 2020, plato.stanford.edu/entries/feyerabend/.
Walsh, Sean. “Paul Feyerabend and the Dangers of a ‘scientific’ Clerisy.” TheArticle, 31 Jan. 2022, www.thearticle.com/paul-feyerabend-and-the-dangers-of-a-scientific-clerisy.
Preston, John. “Paul Feyerabend.” Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, 24 Aug. 2020, plato.stanford.edu/entries/feyerabend/.