IS ONTOLOGY MAKING US STUPID? (4): Feyerabend and the Harmfulness of the Ontological Turn

Reblogged from AGENT SWARM:

4A. EDDINGTON'S REPLY TO HARMAN: THE WAY OF RESEARCH

Feyerabend stands in opposition to this demand for a new construction, and wholeheartedly espouses the continued necessity of deconstruction. He rejects the idea that we need a new system or theoretical framework, arguing that in many cases a unified theoretical framework is just not necessary or even useful:

"a theoretical framework may not be needed (do I need a theoretical framework to get along with my neighbor?).

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Well worth a read, OOO gets a bit of a kicking- which may be no bad thing...

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