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The myth that the politics of science is non-existent is dangerous as it prevents the important and urgently needed institution of some democratic control of it within the commonwealth of learning. Feyerabend’s attack on science makes sense only when understood in this way.
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Agassi, J. (2003). The Politics of Science. In: Science and Culture. Boston Studies in the Philosophy of Science, vol 231. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-2946-8_30
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