Paul feyerabend

Paul Feyerabend B. 1924 - D. 1994

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  • Born in Vienna

  • Inducted into the Arbeitsdienst (the work service introduced by the Nazis)

    Inducted into the Arbeitsdienst (the work service introduced by the Nazis)

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  • Shot in hand and belly retreating from Russian Army

    Shot in hand and belly retreating from Russian Army

  • Article on concept of illustration in modern physics published

  • Met Karl Popper and Walter Hollitscher at Alpbach seminar of the Austrian College Society

  • Received doctorate of philosophy

  • Arrived in England to study at London School of Economics; Studied under Popper

  • Published first articles on quantum mechanics

  • Befriended quantum physicist, David Bohm

  • Accepted a permanent position at Berkeley

  • Introduced the concept of incommensurability

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    Published papers on theoretical pluralism; defended Niels Bohr's views against Popper

  • Attacked Popper from Kuhnian point of view; "epistemological anarchism” was revealed for the first time

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    Published first major article on relativism

    "By the early 1970s Feyerabend had flown the falsificationist coop and was ready to expound his own perspective on scientific method. In 1970, he published a long article entitled “Against Method” in which he attacked several prominent accounts of scientific methodology." (Preston)

  • Left for Italy and Switzerland

  • Developed inoperable brain tumor

  • Died in Switzerland

    Died in Switzerland