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Birth
Paul Feyerabend was born in January 13, 1924 in Vienna, Austria. -
Education
Paul Feyerabend graduated High School in April 1942 -
Military Service
From December 1943 on, he served as an officer on the northern part of the Eastern Front, was decorated with an Iron cross, and attained the rank of lieutenant -
Paul Feyerabend meets Karl Popper
In 1948, Feyerabend attended Austrian college society in Albach, this is where he met science philosopher Karl Popper. Popper who already made a name for himself at the "Vienna Circles Opposition" Popper took feyerabend under his wing to teach him his philosophy. In 1951, Other influences were Walter Hollischer, Victor Kraft, Hans Thirring, Karl Pizibram and Felix Ehrenhaft all these philosophers were admired by Feyerabend. -
British Council scholarship (1951)
In 1951, Feyerabend was granted a British Council scholarship to study under Ludwig Wittgenstein. However, Wittgenstein died before Feyerabend moved to England. -
University of Bristol, England.
In 1955, Feyerabend received his first academic appointment at the University of Bristol, England, where he gave lectures about the philosophy of science. David Bohm a physics professor at Bristol and protégé of Niles Bohr had significant influence on Feyerabend after Bohm rejected Bohr's book "quantum theory" this also steered feyerabend away from Popper's philosophy. Feyerabend publishes his first article on quantum mechanics -
Lecturer (Various Universities)
worked as a professor (or equivalent) at the University of California at Berkeley, the University of Auckland in New Zealand, the University of Sussex in Englznd, Yale University, the University of London, and the University of Berlin. During this time he developed a critical view of science, which he later described as "anarchistic" or "dadaistic" to illustrate his rejection of the dogmatic use of rules. -
Falsification Method
Feyerabend was also critical of falsificationism. He argued that no interesting theory is ever consistent with all the relevant facts. This would rule out using a naïve falsificationist rule which says that scientific theories should be rejected if they do not agree with known facts. Feyerabend uses several examples, but renormalization in quantum mechanics provides an example of his intentionally provocative style. -
Scientific Theory
Science is a collection of theories, practices, research traditions and world-views whose range of application is not well-determined and whose merits vary to a great extent -
Death
Paul Feyerabend died on 11th February 1994
