Date: Tue, 13 Dec 2005 09:35:25 +0100
From: Giorgio Menon <giorgio.menon-AT-pd.infn.it>
To: feyerabend-AT-lists.driftline.org
Subject: Re: [PKF] feyerabend and anarchism


Matt Brown wrote:

>On Dec 12, 2005, at 3:09 AM, Giorgio Menon wrote:
>  
>
>>The dismissal of  the Scientific Time
>>(linear) was a pivot in PKF's thinking, exactly like in S.Dali's
>>paintings or A.Breton's manifesto
>>    
>>
>
>Interesting... I'm not aware of this theme in Feyerabend.  Where do  
>you find it?
>
>Best,
>Matt
>
>  
>
Certainly in "Conquest of Abundance" where he brings A.Einstein's words: 
"In quitting this
strange world he has once again preceded me by just a little. That doesn't
mean anything. For we convinced physicists the distinction between past,
present, and future is only an illusion, however persistent."
If Time is an illusion, what value do scientific experiments have?
This is the toughest issue raised by PFK IMHO.

Regards

Giorgio

PS As you surely know PKF could fluently speak Italian (his last wife 
was Italian). In 1992-1995 the Italian Public Television (RAI) 
interviewed him in his home in Rome. Here's the link (in Italian, alas)
http://www.emsf.rai.it/scripts/documento.asp?id=245&tabella=anagrafico
then click "Aforismi" or/and "Interviste"
I'm sure you'll find it interesting

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