Paul Feyerabend Quotes on Science and Rule Breaking

„Given any rule, however "fundamental" or "necessary" for science, there are always circumstances when it is advisable not only to ignore the rule, but to adopt its opposite.“

Paul FeyerabendQuote by Paul Feyerabend on the necessity of handling scientific rules flexibly, including breaking them.
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Paul Feyerabend was an Austrian-American philosopher of science, known for his critical stance towards scientific methodology.

A philosophical quote by Paul Feyerabend on the flexibility of scientific rules and methodologies.


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Paul Feyerabend quote about ignoring scientific rules when circumstances make it advisable

Paul Feyerabend (1924–1994) was a prominent philosopher of science, most famous for his critique of traditional scientific methods. He argued that there is no single scientific method and that science is influenced by a variety of social and cultural factors. His work revolutionized the philosophy of science and sparked significant debate.

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"It is clear, then, that the idea of a fixed method, or of a fixed theory of rationality, rests on too naive a view of man and his social surroundings. To those who look at the rich material provided by history, and who are not intent on impoverishing it in order to please their lower instincts, their craving for intellectual security in the form of clarity, precision, "objectivity," "truth," it will become clear that there is only one principle that can be defended under all circumstances and in all stages of human development. It is the principle: anything goes." Paul Feyerabend
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Quote by Richard Feynman explaining why science is not dogma and the importance of questioning scientific claims.Copyright © yoice.net – Quote Artwork
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"Science alone of all the subjects contains within itself the lesson of the danger of belief in the infallibility of the greatest teachers in the preceding generation (…) When someone says, “Science teaches such and such,” he is using the word incorrectly. Science doesn’t teach anything; experience teaches it. If they say to you, “Science has shown such and such,” you might ask, “How does science show it? How did the scientists find out? How? What? Where?” It should not be “science has shown” but “this experiment, this effect, has shown.” And you have as much right as anyone else, upon hearing about the experiments–but be patient and listen to all the evidence–to judge whether a sensible conclusion has been arrived at. (…) The experts who are leading you may be wrong. (…) I think we live in an unscientific age in which almost all the buffeting of communications and television-words, books, and so on-are unscientific. As a result, there is a considerable amount of intellectual tyranny in the name of science." Richard Phillips Feynman
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Thomas Kuhn quote about critical discourse, scientific fields, and moments of crisisCopyright © yoice.net – Quote Artwork
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"To turn Karl [Popper]'s view on its head, it is precisely the abandonment of critical discourse that marks the transition of science. Once a field has made the transition, critical discourse recurs only at moments of crisis when the bases of the field are again in jeopardy. Only when they must choose between competing theories do scientists behave like philosophers." Thomas Kuhn
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