Methodological Sophisticationism: A Degenerating Project

Pera, Marcello

doi:10.1007/978-94-009-3025-4_14

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“…(See the similar conclusions of Pera, 1989) In this situation, I think we can see that Feyerabend's 'anarchism' forms part of his reductio ad absurdum of 'Rationalist' philosophies, in particular, Lakatos's 'Rationalist' philosophy: 'Rationalists' contend that without 'Rationalist' theses to guide us, all that is left is anarchism. In fact, the standards meant to fulfil the objectives were the reason and cause of those objectives not being met.…”

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Feyerabend and Scientific Values

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2003

Boston Studies in the Philosophy of Science

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confidence: 87%