August 2006
Against Method: Paul Feyerabend
Using a detailed examination of the history of science, Feyerabend demonstrates the shallowness of the idea of a single well-defined method in scientific activity and knowledge. To Feyerabend, the lack of one (and only one) method is a good thing since a proliferation of techniques increases our store of knowledge.
December 2005
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