How To Defend Society Against Science

Jan 15, 2010 10:58

Paul Feyerabend, takes things alittle too far for me in lots of ways, but wow - this is good stuff. http://www.galilean-library.org/manuscript.php?postid=43842

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crocodilewings January 15 2010, 11:29:32 UTC
Oh, it is so totally not good stuff.

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danfossydan January 15 2010, 11:30:45 UTC
I like it.

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crocodilewings January 15 2010, 11:39:04 UTC
I think it's the self-congratulatory gunning-down of an army of straw men.

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danfossydan January 15 2010, 11:45:15 UTC
I think that very powerful critisim, that I don't really see too much reason for.

While he does push forwards Marxism as step to far (which does seem a little strawman) he goes on to embrace the Chinise inclusion of traditional medicines into their univserites and hospitals as having shown great benificial results.

I'll read it again and consider strawmen everywhere.

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fionnghuala January 25 2010, 15:29:58 UTC
PS to that... A lecturer during my degree who taught me for two modules loved Feyerabend, and made us write an essay (a load of computer science students this is... madness ;) )using his 'principal of proliferation'.

I think Malcolm was on that course, and can easily be prevailed upon to do a rant about it.

Anyway, this lecturer wore a cagoule at all times, outdoors and in, and was a very alarming figure as a result.

Actually he taught me for three courses. The one I'd forgotten was called 'Deviant logics'. And one sensible one on formal methods. I think he'd written a book on that to make some money to support all his crazy shit. Gotta respect that.

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