epistemological anarchy “The other meaning of "authority", which refers to expertise, is problematic in the sense that this kind of "authority" functions as a gatekeeper of the possible. Researcher James Corbett has introduced a new term to distinguish this type of "authority": expertology. By relying on "authorities" of any kind (whether experts on a particular subject or people who believe they have rights that others don't), we get into such binds as a language based on "subject-verb-object" and entrap ourselves in all manner of disempowering belief systems. Anarchist philosopher of science Paul Feyerabend already figured this out, calling the idea epistemological anarchy. Feyerabend "felt the exclusive dominance of science as a means of directing society was authoritarian and ungrounded" — and this is exactly what we are also pointing out.””
- The Biggest Picture