PAUL FEYERABEND: CONTEXTUALIZATION, PLURALITY, RELATIVISM AND REALISM IN SCIENCE
CONTEXTUALIZAÇÃO, PLURALIDADE, RELATIVISMO E REALISMO NA CIÊNCIA
Keywords:
Feyerabend. Contextualização. Pluralidade. Relativismo. Realismo.Abstract
Paul Karl Feyerabend (1924-1994) develops a scathing critique of universalist epistemologies and the imposition of universal knowledge. With this, Feyerabend opens space to think about the broader scientific and epistemological scope in terms of contextuality and plurality. Through bibliographical research, this article seeks to present how Feyerabendian criticism leads to the consideration of a contextual-plural rationale in science and how this reflects a stance that defends a certain degree of relativism without losing the realistic aspect of the scientific enterprise. It is possible to articulate the notions of contextualization, plurality, relativism, and realism in the Feyerabendian perspective, if the various phases of his thought and specifications are considered about the conceptualizations of rationality, relativism, and realism.
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