Anything Stove - Part 0

"Much more is known now than was known fifty years ago, and much more was known then than in 1580. So there has been a great accumulation or growth of knowledge in the last four hundred years."

David C. Stove initiated a potent critique of a particular approach to the philosophy of science, challenging the rational tenability of some prominent figures from the 20th century. I hold great respect for the late David Stove, and I would like to dedicate the next few posts to him, as I delve into his work Popper and After: Four Modern Irrationalists.

To be precise, this will not be a book review. Instead, I intend to focus on what I perceive as strong criticisms of Popper, Kuhn, Lakatos, and Feyerabend. I aim to construct a more systematic critique of the prevailing philosophical trends in science that emerged at the beginning of the last century.

 Heads-up. I don't mind his polemical tone, some may even say that the book was not a scholarly piece of work. I don't.