File spoon-archives/feyerabend.archive/feyerabend_2003/feyerabend.0308, message 5


Date: Tue, 26 Aug 2003 22:42:57 +1000
From: Rafe Champion <rchamp-AT-bigpond.net.au>
Subject: PKF: Re: intro


John McCaffrey wrote:
>As far as I can see, many criticisms of PKF's writing manage to
> miss what I think his point (if there is any ONE point) was. This 'point'
> was just that life is incredible and much too complex for any one system
of
> thought to adequately convey. And although he launched a barrage of
serious
> criticisms against Science (with a capital 'S') I doubt that he intended
for
> scientific endeavour to be wholly brought to an end....simply curtailed so
> that it serves the needs of people rather than vice versa

Hello John, good to see some action on the list.

What do you find in Feyerabend that cannot be found in his the works of his
teacher, Karl Popper?

Rafe Champion
Sydney, Australia
The purpose of Popper
http://www.the-rathouse.com/poppurpose.html



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