47 Quotes by Paul Karl Feyerabend

All religions are good ‘in principle’ – but unfortunately this abstract Good has only rarely prevented their practitioners from behaving like bastards.

Every profession has an ideology and a drive for power that goes far beyond its achievements and it is the task of democracy to keep this ideology and this drive under control. Science is here no different from other institutions.

The sciences of today are business enterprises run on business principles. Research in large institutes is not guided by Truth and Reason but by the most rewarding fashion, and the great minds of today increasingly turn to where the money is – which means military matters.

It is often assumed that science starts from facts and eschews counter-factual theories. Nothing could be further from the truth. What is one of the basic assumptions of the scientific world-view? That the variety of events that surrounds us is held together by a deeper unity.

Facts are constituted by older ideologies, and a clash between facts and theories may be proof of progress.

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

Ultimate Reality, if such an entity can be postulated, is ineffable.

Humane science must be adapted to the requirements of a balanced and rewarding life.

Mathematical Reasoning is not only exact; it has its own criteria of reality.