“Do electrons exist, or are they merely fictious ideas for the ordering of observations (sense date, classical events)?… If there are only sensations, then terms such as 'election or 'St. Augustine' are auxiliary terms, designed to bring some order into our experiences.”

— Paul Karl Feyerabend , book Science in a Free Society

Science in a Free Society (1978)

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Austrian-born philosopher of science 1924–1994

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