Paul Feyerabend Quotes About Ideology

Quotes about: Ideology

• 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.

  Paul Feyerabend

  Science, Progress, Principles

  Paul Feyerabend (1993). “Against Method”, p.39, Verso

• Facts are constituted by older ideologies, and a clash between facts and theories may be proof of progress.

  Paul Feyerabend

  Progress, May, Facts

  Paul Feyerabend (1993). “Against Method”, p.5, Verso

• Taking experimental results and observations for granted and putting the burden of proof on the theory means taking the observational ideology for granted without having ever examined it.

  Paul Feyerabend

  Mean, Burden Of Proof, Granted

  Paul Feyerabend (1993). “Against Method”, p.52, Verso

• Every profession has an ideology and a drive for power that goes far beyond its achievements and it is the task of democracy to keep this ideology and this drive under control. Science is here no different from other institutions.

  Paul Feyerabend

  Achievement, Democracy, Different

  "Science in a Free Society". Book by Paul Feyerabend, 1978.

• Science is much closer to myth than a scientific philosophy is prepared to admit. It is one of the many forms of thought that have been developed by man, and not necessarily the best. It is conspicuous, noisy, and impudent, but it is inherently superior only for those who have already decided in favour of a certain ideology, or who have accepted it without ever having examined its advantages and its limits.

  Paul Feyerabend

  Philosophy, Men, Limits

  Paul Feyerabend (1982). “Against method: Outline of anarchistic theory of knowledge”

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