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METHODOLOGICAL ANARCHISM AND ITS COGNITIVE VALUE
Magdalena SZPUNAR1
Transformacje cywilizacyjne – między wiedzą, wrażliwością i wyobraźnią socjologiczną
Publication language: Polish
Journal article
Transformations No. 1 (112) 2022, Publication date: 30 March 2022
Keywords: methodological anarchism, epistemological anarchism, anything goes, post-normal science, stray rationalism
Abstract The aim of the article is to present the basic assumptions of Paul K. Feyerabend's epistemological anarchism. The article presents the value of methodological anarchism for the cognitive process, methodology and development of science, as well as the controversies associated with the application of this position. Science, in line with the ideas of methodological anarchism, is treated as one of the many possibilities of learning about reality, without a monopoly on the truth. The principle of anything goes, formulated by Feyerabend, is also discussed, as is its significance for specific methodological procedures.
Wydział Nauk Społecznych, Uniwersytet Śląski w Katowicach, Polska
ORCID: 0000-0003-1245-5531
E-mail: magdalena_sz@wp.pl