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Single Idea 2561

[filed under theme 14. Science / B. Scientific Theories / 6. Theory Holism ]

Full Idea

For Feyerabend the meaning of a term depends on a whole theory containing the term.

Gist of Idea

For Feyerabend the meaning of a term depends on a whole theory

Source

report of Paul Feyerabend (Against Method [1975]) by Richard Rorty - Philosophy and the Mirror of Nature 6.3

Book Ref

Rorty,Richard: 'Philosophy and the Mirror of Nature' [Blackwell 1980], p.273

The 2 ideas from 'Against Method'

2561 For Feyerabend the meaning of a term depends on a whole theory [Feyerabend, by Rorty]
6601 Science rules the globe because of colonising power, not inherent rationality [Feyerabend]