Paul Feyerabend's Argument That Science Has Achieved the Best Results

Explain Paul Feyerabend's argument against the claim that science has achieved the best results
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Explain Paul Feyerabend's argument against the claim that science has achieved the best results
Paul Feyerabend defends the argument that science does not have methodological rules. According to Feyerabend, any prescriptive scientific methods would limit the activities of scientists, thus restricting scientific progress (Feyerabend, 1993). He supported theoretical anarchism, arguing that it did not impose rules on scientists. Thus, it was more humanitarian compared to other organization systems. This stance sounds radical in scientific philosophy because it does not play any role in scientific development. It cannot provide an overall description of science or differentiate science products and nonscientific products like myths. Therefore, scientists should ign...