"No theory ever agrees with all the facts……" — Paul Feyerabend
"No theory ever agrees with all the facts in its domain, yet it is not always the theory that is to blame. Facts are constituted by older ideologies, and a clash between facts and theories may be proof of progress. It is also a first step in our attempt to find the principles implicit in familiar observational notions."
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Paul Feyerabend
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26 Quotes by Paul Feyerabend
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The only principle that does not inhibit progress is: anything goes.
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Science is an essentially anarchic enterprise...
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My intention is not to replace one set of general rules by another such set: my intention is, rather, to…
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Given any rule, however �fundamental� or �necessary� for science, there are always circumstances when it is advisable not only to…
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