Against method

by Paul Feyerabend

279 pages

English language

Published Jan. 24, 1996 by Verso.

ISBN:: 978-0-86091-481-5

(8 reviews)

Against Method: Outline of an Anarchistic Theory of Knowledge is a 1975 book about the philosophy of science by Paul Feyerabend, in which the author argues that science is an anarchic enterprise, not a nomic (customary) one. In the context of this work, the term anarchy refers to epistemological anarchy.

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3 stars

Scientific progress requires anarchism (dadaism - "anything goes") and scientific revolution involves counterfactual argument and propaganda. A fun argument and read, possibly tongue in cheek given a few of the footnotes.