The separation of science and non-science is not only artificial but also detrimental to the advancement of knowledge. If we want to understand nature, if we want to master our physical surroundings, then we must use all ideas, all methods,… — Paul Feyerabend Copy Share Image
Every profession has an ideology and a drive for power that goes far beyond its achievements and it is the task of democracy to… — Paul Feyerabend Copy Share
One might get the impression that I recommend a new methodology which replaces induction by counterinduction and uses a multiplicity of theories, metaphysical views,… — Paul Feyerabend Copy Share
A Universal Good should reflect the reality of the individual benefits that are collected under its name, not the other way around. — Paul Feyerabend Copy Share
The sciences of today are business enterprises run on business principles. Research in large institutes is not guided by Truth and Reason but by… — Paul Feyerabend Copy Share
Experience arises together with theoretical assumptions not before them, and an experience without theory is just as incomprehensible as is (allegedly) a theory without… — Paul Feyerabend Copy Share
Today science prevails not because of its comparative merits, but because the show has been rigged in its favour... It reigns supreme because some… — Paul Feyerabend Copy Share
Humane science must be adapted to the requirements of a balanced and rewarding life. — Paul Feyerabend Copy Share
Unanimity of opinion may be fitting for a church, for the frightened or greedy victims of some (ancient, or modern) myth, or for the… — Paul Feyerabend Copy Share
Facts are constituted by older ideologies, and a clash between facts and theories may be proof of progress. — Paul Feyerabend Copy Share
No theory ever agrees with all the facts in its domain, yet it is not always the theory that is to blame. Facts are… — Paul Feyerabend Copy Share
A free society is a society in which all traditions have equal rights and equal access to the centers of power. A tradition receives… — Paul Feyerabend Copy Share
