Mit i mity w filozofii Paula Feyerabenda
Myth and Myths in Feyerabend’s Philosophy

Summary/Abstract: This paper explores the usage of the concept of myth in Paul Feyerabend’s philosophy.First three parts of the paper are devoted to analysis of lectures in whichFeyerabend, following Karl Popper, contrasts two philosophical attitudes: mythicaldogmatism and criticism of pre-socratics. The next two parts cover Popper’s andFeyerabend’s anti-dogmatic remedies – criticism and humanism. It is shown that,although their critiques of the dogmatic form of life bear many similarities, they differsubstantially on the axiological level. While Popper considers rational criticism tobe the best way of opposing dangerous myths, Feyerabend uses critical rationalismas a tool that may serve this function but is not effective universally. The final partof the paper shows how Feyerabend’s usage of the concept of myth shifted in hislate, more pluralistic and pragmatic works, where he regarded every human practiceas a form of nature- and value-dependent myth.

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