The Material Which A Scientist Actually Has At His Disposal, His Laws, His Experimental Results, His Mathematical Techniques, His Epistemological Prejudices, His Attitude Towards The Absurd Consequences Of The Theories Which He Accepts, Is Indeterminate In Many Ways, Ambiguous, And Never Fully Separated From The Historical Background . This Material Is Always Contaminated By Principles Which He Does Not Know And Which, If Known, Would Be Extremely Hard To Test.

-Paul Feyerabend

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The Material Which A Scientist Actually Has

Paul Feyerabend

The Material Which A Scientist Actually Has At His Disposal, His Laws, His Experimental Results, His Mathematical Techniques, His Epistemological Prejudices, His Attitude Towards The Absurd Consequences Of The Theories Which He Accepts, Is Indeterminate In Many Ways, Ambiguous, And Never Fully Separated From The Historical Background . This Material Is Always Contaminated By Principles Which He Does Not Know And Which, If Known, Would Be Extremely Hard To Test.

Topic

Attitude

Law

Historical

There Is Not A Single Rule, However Plausible, And However Firmly Grounded In Epistemology, That Is Not Violated At Some Time Or Other. It Becomes Evident That Such Violations Are Not Accidental Events, They Are Not Results Of Insufficient Knowledge Or Of Inattention Which Might Have Been Avoided. On The Contrary, We See That They Are Necessary For Progress.

Science

Progress

Events