[Ssnet_list] Reminder | Happening Today | Against Method | Paul Feyerabend

[Monika Sengul-Jones via Ssnet_list]

Hi everyone,
A reminder that our discussion of Feyerabend is happening today at
12:30-1:20 online, details below. Apologies for cross-posting.
Yours,
Monika


On Mon, Jan 26, 2026 at 1:51 PM Monika Sengul-Jones <mmjones at uw.edu> wrote:


>

> *Apologies for cross-posting.*

> Hey everyone,

>

> We're happy to have Dan Tibbles (Bioethics and Humanities, UW School of

> Medicine) as our next First Monday STSS Reading Group host on 2/2/2026.

>

> We're reading:

> Against Method (4th Ed) by Paul Feyerabend

> <https://drive.google.com/file/d/1g4yW5vbk3a7KGcyxLNXwGPeVuzgIXx4T/view?usp=sharing> (1975)

> Analytical Index, Introduction, Chapters 1 & 19 (PDF: 28-42 & 221-232;

> Print: xxviv-12 & 249-63)

>

> In Dan's words, here's why this matters:

>

> "Since first reading it, I have seen Against Method as an argument for

> humility in claiming knowledge and expertise, and I have gone back and read

> it repeatedly to remind myself of that humility. For Feyerabend, humans

> have made the “rules” for knowledge and expertise and those rules are just

> as fallible as any other human institution.

>

> "When we try and subject all sources of knowledge to the same rules, we

> are arbitrarily privileging one method over others, all of which can

> contribute to our understanding of our world.

>

> "Yet that does not mean that we cannot test ideas or theories, or that we

> cannot choose which we think best fit our view of the world, only that

> claims of having the singular idea or theory or method cannot be justified."

>

> How does the study of method inform your work?

>

> Join us to discuss! If you didn't receive a calendar invitation and would

> like one, please email mmjones at uw.edu to join the list of invitees.

>

> Yours,

> Monika Sengul-Jones (and on behalf of Leah Ceccarelli)

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