Subject: Re: PKF: Feyerabend
Date: Fri, 4 Dec 1998 00:05:23 +0000


Russell Sears <siv9_-AT-hotmail.com> asked -

>Is Feyerabends "anarchism" self-defeating?
>
>Interesting question but I am having trouble finding anybody who has
>made the claim or who has defended him against it.
>
>Any advice would be much appreciated.


My view on this is that you need to define the terms used in the question.
What exactly does it mean to say that Feyerabend is an anarchist and that
anarchism is self-defeating?

I would further ask the general question -

What influence have any of the systems or individual writers in the
philosophy of science, including Feyerabend, actually had upon the progress
of scientific research?  Do scientists who work by one system have better
results than scientists who work by another system?

Alan Hughes
ah-AT-hughcons.demon.co.uk


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