The book I've cited by Hacking is (partly) readable on line
here. Feyerabend's '
Against Method' can also be viewed.
I think I'll leave this particular rabbit to run where it will. I don't think that Kennyc and I are likely to reach agreement, and I've had my say. Philosophy is a wide field, and although it obviously touches on religion and on science, I suspect that the original aims that Florence had when she opened this thread were elsewhere. Time to get back to Epicurus