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“Facts are constituted by older ideologies, and a clash between facts and theories may be proof of progress.”

Quote by Paul Feyerabend

Book:Against Method

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Friedrich Karl von Hayek's seminal text critiques the idea of a unified scientific method and explores the limitations of rationalism in the pursuit of truth. more

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Paul Feyerabend

Paul Feyerabend was a prominent philosopher known for his significant contributions to the philosophy of science. His ideas have had a profound impact on methodology and epistemology in science. more

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“The material which a scientist actually has at his disposal, his laws, his experimental results, his mathematical techniques, his epistemological prejudices, his attitude towards the absurd consequences of the theories which he accepts, is indeterminate in many ways, ambiguous, and never fully separated from the historical background . This material is always contaminated by principles which he does not know and which, if known, would be extremely hard to test.”

Source: Against Method

“Taking experimental results and observations for granted and putting the burden of proof on the theory means taking the observational ideology for granted without having ever examined it.”

Mean Results Theory Burden Proof Observation Ideology Granted Burden Of Proof

Book:Against Method

Source: Against Method

“Mathematical Reasoning is not only exact; it has its own criteria of reality.”

Reality Mathematical Reasoning Criteria

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“One knows quite well that harmony can be a harmony of appearances.”

Knows Wells Harmony Appearance

Author:Paul Feyerabend

“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.”

Different Stories Light Earth Church Space Attitude Research Interpretation Passages Floating Scientific Research Dogmatic Floating In Space

Author:Paul Feyerabend

“I do not see why I should be polite to tyrants, who slobber of humanitarianism and think only of their own petty interests.”

Thinking Should Interest Tyrants Polite Humanitarianism Petty

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“The validity of usefulness, adequacy of popular standards can be tested only by research that violates them.”

Standards Research Tested Usefulness Validity Adequacy

Author:Paul Feyerabend

“Rational discourse is only one way of presenting and examining an issue and by no means the best. Our new intellectuals are not aware of its limitations and of the nature of the things outside.”

Way Mean Issues Rational One Way Limitation Discourse Presenting Examining

Author:Paul Feyerabend

“There is no coherent knowledge , i.e. no uniform comprehensive account of the world and the events in it. There is no comprehensive truth that goes beyond an enumeration of details, but there are many pieces of information , obtained in different ways from different sources and collected for the benefit of the curious. The best way of presenting such knowledge is the list - and the oldest scientific works were indeed lists of facts, parts, coincidences, problems in several specialized domains.”

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Book:Farewell to Reason

Source: Farewell to Reason

“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.”

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Book:Farewell to Reason

Source: Farewell to Reason