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Paul Feyerabend Quotes: Not only are facts and theories in constant disharmony, they are never as neatly separated as everyone makes them out to be.
         

Not only are facts and theories in constant disharmony, they are never as neatly separated as everyone makes them out to be.


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Given any rule, however �fundamental� or �necessary� for science, there are always circumstances when it is advisable not only to ignore the rule, but to adopt its opposite.

Given any rule, however �fundamental� or �necessary� for science, there are always circumstances when it is advisable not only to ignore the rule, but to adopt its opposite.



The only absolute truth is that there are no absolute truths.

The only absolute truth is that there are no absolute truths.



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.

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.



Arguments hardly affect the faithful- their beliefs have an entirely different foundation.

Arguments hardly affect the faithful- their beliefs have an entirely different foundation.



My intention is not to replace one set of general rules by another such set: my intention is, rather, to convince the reader that all methodologies, even the most obvious ones, have their limits.

My intention is not to replace one set of general rules by another such set: my intention is, rather, to convince the reader that all methodologies, even the most obvious ones, have their limits.



Traditions are neither good nor bad, they simply are... Rationality is not an arbiter of traditions, it is itself a tradition or an aspect of a tradition.

Traditions are neither good nor bad, they simply are... Rationality is not an arbiter of traditions, it is itself a tradition or an aspect of a tradition.



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.

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.



No single theory ever agrees with all the facts in its domain

No single theory ever agrees with all the facts in its domain



Early Chinese thinkers had taken variety at face value. They had favored diversification and collected anomalies instead of trying to explain them away.

Early Chinese thinkers had taken variety at face value. They had favored diversification and collected anomalies instead of trying to explain them away.



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.

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.





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God knows His own. It is well that He does, for sometimes it would be difficult for us to determine who are His!

God knows His own. It is well that He does, for sometimes it would be difficult for us to determine who are His!




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