Paul Feyerabend and the Dialectical Character of Quantum Mechanics: A Lesson in Philosophical Dadaism

IF 0.7 2区哲学 Q2 HISTORY & PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE

International Studies in the Philosophy of Science Pub Date : 2022-01-02 DOI:10.1080/02698595.2022.2075687

R. Kent

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ABSTRACT In 1966, Paul Feyerabend published a short essay on the relation between dialectical materialist philosophy and Niels Bohr’s quantum theory, in which he develops several provocative ideas about the relations between science, ideology and society. I use Feyerabend’s essay to construct an account of his ‘Dadaist’ philosophical methodology. I argue that Dadaism is an ironic form of intellectual seriousness, such that the Dadaist is prepared to take any idea or practice seriously as a potentially valuable contribution to collective human thought and action (despite any diverging personal convictions), especially if they find such engagement to be lacking in their local culture. I identify a weakness in Feyerabend’s formulation of Dadaism, so far as it is conceived as a matter of individual epistemic character and thus fails to account for the role of the social structure of intellectual activity. This weakness can be remedied by supplementing philosophical Dadaism with descriptions of the kinds of institutions and incentive structures that might cultivate its constitutive epistemic dispositions.

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保罗·费耶阿本德与量子力学的辩证特征:哲学达达主义的一个教训

1966年，保罗·费耶阿本德(Paul Feyerabend)发表了一篇关于辩证唯物主义哲学与玻尔量子理论关系的短文，对科学、意识形态和社会之间的关系提出了一些具有挑衅性的观点。我用费耶阿本德的文章来构建他的“达达主义”哲学方法论。我认为，达达主义是一种具有讽刺意味的知识分子的严肃形式，因此，达达主义者准备认真对待任何想法或实践，将其视为对人类集体思想和行动的潜在有价值的贡献(尽管个人信念存在分歧)，尤其是当他们发现当地文化缺乏这种参与时。我在费耶阿本德的达达主义表述中发现了一个弱点，因为它被认为是个体认知特征的问题，因此未能解释智力活动的社会结构的作用。这一弱点可以通过补充哲学达达主义，描述各种制度和激励结构来弥补，这些制度和激励结构可能会培养达达主义的构成性认知倾向。

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