<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr">Hi everyone,<div>A reminder that our discussion of Feyerabend is happening today at 12:30-1:20 online, details below. Apologies for cross-posting.<br>Yours,</div><div>Monika</div><div><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Mon, Jan 26, 2026 at 1:51 PM Monika Sengul-Jones <<a href="mailto:mmjones@uw.edu">mmjones@uw.edu</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div><i>Apologies for cross-posting.<br></i><br>Hey everyone,<br><br>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.<br><br>We're reading: <br><a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1g4yW5vbk3a7KGcyxLNXwGPeVuzgIXx4T/view?usp=sharing" target="_blank">Against Method (4th Ed) by Paul Feyerabend</a> (1975) Analytical Index, Introduction, Chapters 1 & 19 (PDF: 28-42 & 221-232; Print: xxviv-12 & 249-63)  <div><br></div></div><div>In Dan's words, here's why this matters:</div><div><br></div><div>"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. </div><div><br></div><div>"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. </div><div><br></div><div>"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."<br><br>How does the study of method inform your work? <br><br>Join us to discuss! If you didn't receive a calendar invitation and would like one, please email <a href="mailto:mmjones@uw.edu" target="_blank">mmjones@uw.edu</a> to join the list of invitees.<div><br>Yours,<br>Monika Sengul-Jones (and on behalf of Leah Ceccarelli)<br>First Monday STSS co-facilitators <br><a href="https://depts.washington.edu/stsst/first-monday/" target="_blank">https://depts.washington.edu/stsst/first-monday/</a> <br><a href="http://www.societyandtechnology.uw.edu" target="_blank">www.societyandtechnology.uw.edu</a>  <br><br><span style="color:rgb(31,31,31);font-family:"Google Sans Text","Google Sans",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-variant-ligatures:no-contextual;background-color:rgb(233,238,246)">Monika Sengul-Jones is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.</span><br style="color:rgb(31,31,31);font-family:"Google Sans Text","Google Sans",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-variant-ligatures:no-contextual;background-color:rgb(233,238,246)"><span style="color:rgb(31,31,31);font-family:"Google Sans Text","Google Sans",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-variant-ligatures:no-contextual;background-color:rgb(233,238,246)">Join Zoom Meeting</span><br style="color:rgb(31,31,31);font-family:"Google Sans Text","Google Sans",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-variant-ligatures:no-contextual;background-color:rgb(233,238,246)"><a href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://washington.zoom.us/j/96892037334?pwd%3DCo0Rq8Fg20Q0bmnua4PwkfezQ8VCmE.1&sa=D&source=calendar&usd=2&usg=AOvVaw1FcDHogqAQZEni0vT7vXSH" style="color:rgb(11,87,208);font-family:"Google Sans Text","Google Sans",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-variant-ligatures:no-contextual;background-color:rgb(233,238,246)" target="_blank">https://washington.zoom.us/j/96892037334?pwd=Co0Rq8Fg20Q0bmnua4PwkfezQ8VCmE.1</a><br style="color:rgb(31,31,31);font-family:"Google Sans Text","Google Sans",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-variant-ligatures:no-contextual;background-color:rgb(233,238,246)"><br style="color:rgb(31,31,31);font-family:"Google Sans Text","Google Sans",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-variant-ligatures:no-contextual;background-color:rgb(233,238,246)"><span style="color:rgb(31,31,31);font-family:"Google Sans Text","Google Sans",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-variant-ligatures:no-contextual;background-color:rgb(233,238,246)">Meeting ID: 968 9203 7334</span><br style="color:rgb(31,31,31);font-family:"Google Sans Text","Google Sans",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-variant-ligatures:no-contextual;background-color:rgb(233,238,246)"><span style="color:rgb(31,31,31);font-family:"Google Sans Text","Google Sans",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-variant-ligatures:no-contextual;background-color:rgb(233,238,246)">Passcode: 532069</span><br style="color:rgb(31,31,31);font-family:"Google Sans Text","Google Sans",Helvetica,Arial,sa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