Feyerabend

Paul Karl Feyerabend (1924-1994)

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  • Early Life

    Early Life
    Paul Feyerabend was born in 1924 in Vienna. While attending High School Feyerabend developed a love of reading, theatre, and singing. After graduation he was drafted into the Arbeitsdient, A German work program where he performed monotonous physical labor after which he joined the Army to become an Officer. He Served as an Officer on The Eastern Front during WWII where he was shot and spent the rest of the war recovering from his wounds. (Killing Time: The Autobiography of Paul Feyrabend (1995).

  • Academia

    Academia
    Feyerabend would attend college and submitted his final thesis on observation sentences. Shortly after he would meet Karl Popper. He explains that he was heavily influenced by Popper. Feyerabend went on to become a Professor and ultimately becoming a U.S. citizen in 1958 and began lecturing full-time at Berkeley University. (Preston, John, "Paul Feyerabend", The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (Winter 2016 Edition) https://plato.stanford.edu/archives/win2016/entries/feyerabend/

  • Anything Goes

    Anything Goes
    In 1975 Feyerabend published his book “Against Method”. This book explains that science is an anarchic enterprise and not a conventional one. This is one of Feyerabends most notorious books and garnished him much criticism and persecution. This book provides insight on the nature of scientific knowledge and its accumulation. (Preston, John, "Paul Feyerabend", The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (Winter2016Edition). https://plato.stanford.edu/archives/win2016/entries/feyerabend/

  • Decades of Debate

    Decades of Debate
    Paul Feyerabend died 11 February 1994 at the age of 70. Because of his controversial ideas on scientific methodologies, Feyerabends contributions will continue to ignite the thoughts of others for years to come. A few of his more notable works are Farewell to Reason (1987), ISBN 0-86091-184-5, Science in a Free Society (1978), ISBN 0-8052-7043-4, and Realism, Rationalism and Scientific Method: Philosophical papers, Volume 1 (1981), ISBN 0-521-22897-2.

  • Intelecom Youtube Video Dissusing Feyerbend and Kuhn

    Intelecom Youtube Video Dissusing Feyerbend and Kuhn
    Philosopher Ian Hacking talks about Thomas Kuhn and Paul Feyerabend, https://youtu.be/AiNm5Ec-GuE (Intelecom, Feyerabend and Kuhn, Youtube.com).