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Born in Vienna. Son of a civil servant and a seamstress.
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He received the Iron Cross in March 1944. He was advanced from private soldier to lance corporal, to sergeant, and then, at the end of 1944, to lieutenant.
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Feyerabend recovered from his injuries and took an interest in Philosophy, even meeting philosopher of science Karl Popper
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In 1952 Feyerabend came to England to study under Popper. 1953 he returned to Vienna not sure he wanted to be Poppers research assistant.
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With the help of Popper and Schrödinger, Feyerabend secured his first academic post lecturing in philosophy of science at the University of Bristol
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In 1958, Feyerabend had been invited to spend one year at the University of California at Berkeley
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In 1970, he published a long article entitled “Against Method” in which he attacked several prominent accounts of scientific methodology.
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Feyerabend died in the Genolier clinic (Genolier, Canton of Vaud, Switzerland), February 11th. Several major memorial symposia and colloquia on his work took place over the next two years.