“First-world science is one science among many; by claiming to be more it ceases to be an instrument of research and turns into a (political) pressure group.” WorldFirstsPoliticalTurnsGroupsResearchPressureInstrumentsCeasePressure Groups Book:Against Method Source: Against Method
“The attitude of the Church was not as dogmatic as is often assumed. Interpretations of Bible passages had been revised in the light of scientific research before. Everyone regarded the earth as spherical and as freely floating in space though the Bible tells a different story.” DifferentStoriesLightEarthChurchSpaceAttitudeResearchInterpretationPassagesFloatingScientific ResearchDogmaticFloating In Space Author:Paul Feyerabend
“The validity of usefulness, adequacy of popular standards can be tested only by research that violates them.” StandardsResearchTestedUsefulnessValidityAdequacy Author:Paul Feyerabend
“The sciences of today are business enterprises run on business principles. Research in large institutes is not guided by Truth and Reason but by the most rewarding fashion, and the great minds of today increasingly turn to where the money is - which means military matters.” MindMeanMatterReasonRunningTodayTurnsPrinciplesMilitaryFashionResearchEnterpriseInstituteGreat MindsInstitutes Book:Farewell to Reason Source: Farewell to Reason
“The idea of a method that contains firm, unchanging, and absolutely binding principles for conducting the business of science meets considerable difficulty when confronted with the results of historical research. We find, then, that there is not a single rule, however plausible, and however firmly grounded in epistemology, that is not violated at some time or another.” IdeasScienceResultsPrinciplesResearchAccountsDifficultyMethodHistoricalFirmGroundedBindingPlausibleEpistemologyConductingUnchangingHistorical Research Book:Against method: outline of an anarchistic theory of knowledge Source: Against method: outline of an anarchistic theory of knowledge
