Science is essentially an anarchic enterprise: theoretical anarchism is more humanitarian and more likely to encourage progress than its law-and-order alternatives.
Paul Karl FeyerabendStichwörter: science inspirational philosophy-of-science epistemological-anarchism
The separation of state and church must be complemented by the separation of state and science, that most recent, most aggressive, and most dogmatic religious institution.
Paul Karl FeyerabendProgress has always been achieved by probing well-entrenched and well-founded forms of life with unpopular and unfounded values. This is how man gradually freed himself from fear and from the tyranny of unexamined systems.
Paul Karl FeyerabendStichwörter: truth knowledge philosophy culture
The only principle that does not inhibit progress is: anything goes.
Paul Karl FeyerabendStichwörter: progress
The best education consists in immunizing people against systematic attempts at education.
Paul Karl FeyerabendStichwörter: education learning
Without a constant misuse of language there cannot be any discovery, any progress
Paul Karl FeyerabendStichwörter: science progress language
All religions are good 'in principle' - but unfortunately this abstract Good has only rarely prevented their practitioners from behaving like bastards.
Paul Karl FeyerabendStichwörter: religion goodness abstraction
An anarchist is like an undercover agent who plays the game of Reason in order to undercut the authority of Reason (Truth, Honesty, Justice and so on).
Paul Karl FeyerabendStichwörter: philosophy-of-science epistemological-anarchism
A scientist, an artist, a citizen is not like a child who needs papa methodology and mama rationality to give him security and direction; he can take care of himself, for he is the inventor not only of laws, theories, pictures, plays, forms of music, ways of dealing with his fellow man, institutions but also of entire world views, he is the inventor of entire forms of life.
Paul Karl FeyerabendStichwörter: science freedom creativity
Teachers' using grades and the fear of failure mould the brains of the young until they have lost every ounce of imagination they might once have possessed.
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