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Born in Vienna, Austria
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Born and raised in Austria, he did his patriotic duty and joined the German army. He reached the rank of lieutenant and was awarded the Iron Cross while serving on the Eastern Front. In December of 1943, he was wounded leaving him crippled.
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After beginning his collegiate studies in sociology, he eventually switched to physics. He later earned his doctorate from the University of Vienna in philosophy.
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Began a fellowship at the London School of Economics. His supevisor was Karl Popper, who's ideas he was "taken with"
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While teaching as a professor, he developed his philosophy of science. This philosphy was an anarchistic approach so that rigid rules of the scientific method should be avoided.
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While teaching a professor at the University of Berkeley, California, he became a US citizen.
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Died near Lake Geneva, Switzerland
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Bibliography
Feyerabend, Paul K. Against Method: Outline of an Anarchistic Theory of Knowledge. University of Minnesota Press, Minneapolis, 1970.
Feyerabend, Paul K. Explanation, reduction, and empiricism. University of Minnesota Press, Minneapolis, 1962.
Feyerabend, Paul K. Science in a Free Society. New Left Books, 1981.
