Machiavelli against Method: Paul Feyerabend's Anti-Rationalism and Machiavellian Political ‘Science’ (2016)
Megan K. Dyer (Author)
Nederman, Cary J. (Author)
History of European Ideas
Volume: 42
Issue: 3
Pages: 430-445
Contemporary scholars seeking to advance the study of political phenomena identify their inquiry as a ‘science' that attains success through rigorous method. Thus the ‘methodological anarchism' of Paul Feyerabend's philosophy of science might seem an inauspicious place to find a fruitful disciplinary vision. Nonetheless, it echoes a longstanding conception of the ‘science' of politics articulated by Niccolò Machiavelli. Looking to Feyerabend, we propose to surmount the impasse between Machiavelli's account of politics and the demands of modern science and recover his contribution to the scientific study of politics. In doing so, Machiavelli illustrates the potential of a Feyerabendian political science.
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