Paul Feyerabend

  • birth date

    Born in Vienna to a civil servant and seamstress.
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UbDM5Wnvqh0
  • Drafted

    Drafted into the Pioneer Corps of the German army.
  • Wounded

    shot in the hand and belly right after receiving his promotion and iron cross.
  • Biggest contribution to Philosophy of Science

    he argued that there are no universally valid methodological rules for scientific inquiry. The mean of this is that he doesn't believe in just one method of science and it's the answer that matters not how you got there.
  • Death

    citation
    Preston, John, "Paul Feyerabend", The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (Fall 2020 Edition), Edward N. Zalta (ed.), URL = https://plato.stanford.edu/archives/fall2020/entries/feyerabend/.