PHIL202 #2

By Gerding453

  • Paul Feyerabend (1924-1994) Works

    How to be a Good Empiricist (1963)
    Realism and Instrumentalism (1964)
    Reply to Criticism (1965)
    Science in a Free Society (1978) Most Notable:
    Feyeraben, P. (1993). Against Method. Retrieved January 3, 2019, from https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/paul-feyerabend-against-method.lt.pdf
    Feyerabend, P. (n.d.). Consolations for the Specialist. Retrieved January 3, 2019, from https://philpapers.org/rec/FEYCFT

  • Paul Feyerabend (1924-1994) Epistemological Anarchism

    Feyerabend argued his most famous concept of epistemological anarchism in his work Against Methods (1975). This concept means that a person "is opposed to all systems of rules and constraints in science" (Godfrey-Smith, 2003). Essentially, anything that can bind creativity limits the capabilities for discovery in science.

  • Paul Feyerabend (1924-1994) Ideals and Knowledge

    Feyerabend rejected ideals of certainty due to his belief that humans shape our knowledge to fit our ideals. He strictly believed that realism was the only way that science would ever progress due to its honesty and testability.
    Similarly, Feyerabend believed "we should decisively reject the ideal of certainty and opt instead for theories which go beyond experience and say something informative about reality" (Preston, 1997).

  • Paul Feyerabend (1924-1994) Language

    Feyerabend was greatly concerned with the linguistic structure of theories and how our perception of language affects our interpretation of science. He proposed that there was no "scientific language" that was separate from "everyday language" and supplemented the idea saying that changes in theory won't affect the language used to describe them (Preston,1997).

  • Paul Feyerabend (1924-1994) Media

    An interview with Feyerabend a year before his death which discusses his controversial theories and how past philosophers have influenced him.
    Overdose, P. (2018, December 13). Paul Feyerabend Interview (1993). Retrieved January 3, 2019, from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kDwoGtPbO5w

  • Paul Feyerabend (1924-1994) Resources

    Preston, J. (1997, August 26). Paul Feyerabend. Retrieved January 3, 2019, from https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/feyerabend/
    Godfrey-Smith, P. (2003). Theory and Reality : An Introduction to the Philosophy of Science. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. Retrieved from http://ezproxy.apus.edu/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&AuthType=ip&db=nlebk&AN=324622&site=ehost-live&scope=site