Week 5

By mmercado22
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    What was Against Method about?

    In this book, he argued with scientific studies and wrote that important scientists were not as important as everyone thought they were. Against Method concluded that there were no scientific rules that looked at the progress of science (Preston, 2020). For that reason, Feyerabend was viewed as an “irrationalist”, which can be defined as something that is not in accordance with; contrary (Oxford English Dictionary. (n.d.).
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    Feyerabends Major Work

    Against Method, was Feyerabends major work in which he expresses that the scientific method does not exist, therefore no rules exist either (Preston, 2020). The against method is still used today, as it challenges scientists to think differently. Please view this video to answer any lingering questions or simply for more information about Paul Feyerabend and the Against Method. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oovqaJSOVLc
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    Results of Against Method

    Feyerabend got lots of hate for what he would write about, but Feryabend thought that the readers misread what Against Method or they simply did not get his style of writing. He was upset that many people did not catch on when he was trying to be funny or when he would play around, so he wrote a second book addressing everyone's comments, Science in a Free Society. (Preston, 2020).
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    Paul Feyerabend - Jan 13, 1924 - Feb 11, 1994

    Against Method Paul presented a theory in his own perspective on the scientific method, so he published an article, “Against Method”, where he attacks scientific studies (Preston, 2020). Feyerabend worked alongside Lakatos till Lakatos sudden death. Feyerabend and Lakatos originally called the article, For and Against Method. Feyerabend would attack any views of science that Lakatos was trying to defend. They joined together, but the sudden death caused this to not happen.
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    Works Cited

    Preston, J. (2020b, August 24). Paul Feyerabend. Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy.
    https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/feyerabend/#AgaiMeth1970
    Oxford English Dictionary. (n.d.). https://www.oed.com/public/search/searching
    YouTube. (2022, November 1). Paul Feyerabend: The worst enemy of science. YouTube.
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oovqaJSOVLc