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  1. Against Method: Outline of an Anarchistic Theory of Knowledge is a 1975 book by Austrian philosopher of science Paul Feyerabend. The central thesis of the book is that science should become an anarchic enterprise. [1] .

    • Paul K. Feyerabend
    • 1975
    • This is shown both by an examination of historical episodes and by an abstract analysis of the relation between idea and action. The only principle that does not inhibit progress is: anything goes.
    • For example, we may use hypotheses that contradict well-confirmed theories and/or well-established experimental results. We may advance science by proceeding counterinductively.
    • The consistency condition which demands that new hypotheses agree with accepted theories is unreasonable because it preserves the older theory, and not the better theory.
    • There is no idea, however ancient and absurd, that is not capable of improving our knowledge. The whole history of thought is absorbed into science and is used for improving every single theory.
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  3. Against Method. Paul Feyerabend. Verso, 1993 - Philosophy - 279 pages. Modern philosophy of science has paid great attention to the understanding of scientific 'practice', in contrast to...

    • illustrated, reprint
    • Paul Feyerabend
    • Verso, 1993
  4. May 5, 2020 · He looks at the way the philosophy of science has consistently overemphasized practice over method, and considers the possibility that anarchism could replace rationalism in the theory of...

  5. May 11, 2010 · This book does precisely what it says it will do - challenge the scientific method's claim as The Epistemology. The body of the work is a detailed historical case study which he uses to make a historicist argument against the current scientific method, and the argument is both interesting to follow and rigorous.

    • Paul Feyerabend
  6. Against Method: Outline of an Anarchistic Theory of Knowledge Kindle Edition. by Paul Feyerabend (Author), Ian Hacking (Introduction) Format: Kindle Edition. 4.7 186 ratings. See all formats and editions.

    • Paul Feyerabend