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The only principle that does not inhibit progress is: anything goes.

The only principle that does not inhibit progress is: anything goes.

Paul Feyerabend
Science, Progress, Principles
Paul Feyerabend (1993). “Against Method”, p.14, Verso

Science is essentially an anarchic enterprise: theoretical anarchism is more humanitarian and more likely to encourage progress than its law-and-order alternatives.

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

Without a constant misuse of language there cannot be any discovery, any progress

Paul Feyerabend
Discovery, Progress, Language
Paul Feyerabend (1993). “Against Method”, p.18, 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

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.

Paul Feyerabend
Science, Progress, Events
Paul Feyerabend (1993). “Against Method”, p.14, Verso

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

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