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Howsoever odd these theories get, Feyerabend is sure that in their interaction better and better models will emerge, better and better science will be practised.
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The best way to do science, says Feyerabend, is anarchically; anarchism, whilst perhaps not the most attractive political philosophy, is certainly excellent medicine for the 'philosophy of science' he says.
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(alleged) fact of deep historical change, Kuhn (and others of that day such as Feyerabend, Lakatos, and Toulmin) raised problems of enduring interest and gave a sense of historical concreteness and epistemological urgency to the long familiar but abstract logical and probabilistic problems of underdetermination of theory by observation.
Scientific Revolutions Nickles, Thomas 2009
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May I suggest Feyerabend might particularly appeal to you?
Bukiet on Brooklyn Books Hal Duncan 2009
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Feyerabend proposes a free-for-all proliferation of scientific theories, even though some of these theories will be kooky, daft or unpalatable.
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And yet it is the case that there does exist a space where the sort of ‘science’ Feyerabend is proposing already takes place; where brilliantly unorthodox thinkers throw ideas around regardless of how strange they seem at first; in which experiments are conducted, and blue-sky research undertaken.
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Our choice is between a textual universe run along the oppressive lines of a monolithic unitary ‘truth’ of science, or a science fiction that plays anarchically with ‘science’ along the lines Feyerabend suggests.
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Feyerabend argues that 'proliferation of theories is beneficial for science, while uniformity impairs its critical power.
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My understanding of 'science' has been profoundly influenced by the American philosopher Paul Feyerabend (1924-94).
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(And I too am a little dismayed at Mr Roberts 'use of Feyerabend, buzz or no buzz)
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