Date: Fri, 31 Mar 2000 16:40:36 +0200
Subject: Re: PKF: Feyerabend, Rescher, coherentism


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Uwe Wiedemann wrote:
> 
> It seems to me that there are many parallels between Feyerabend's
> methodological anarchism and Rescher's pluralism (in his book "Pluralism").
> In both we have any consistent systems and the questions whether one of the
> systems is better than the others.
> 
> But what the criteria's for our choice should be?
> 
> Rescher's pragmatism, Feyerabend's anarchism, coherentism? How can we solve
> such a problem?
> 
> Uwe Wiedemann


it depends!
It depends on your perspective, stance, viewpoint, epistemological presuppositions...
Are you looking for criteria independent of one of our (conceptual) 'systems'?
Hmmm.

Goodmans "Ways of Worldmaking" could help.

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