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Paul Feyerabend was born in Vienna on January 13th 1924 -
In 1939, “Having passed his final high school exams in March 1942, he was drafted into the Arbeitsdienst (the work service introduced by the Nazis), and sent for basic training in Pirmasens, Germany.” (1) -
He studied physics, astronomy, philosophy and psychology at the University of Vienna and received his doctorate there in 1951. From 1951 to 1956, he lectured at the Wiener Institut für Wissenschaft und Schöne Künste. In 1955, he was given a position as a lecturer at the University of Bristol. (2) -
Feyerabend writes against method which argues that philosophy cannot provide a rationale for science.he feels there is no rationale to explain. He really did not agree with Kuhn and Popper -
His final book written published 2 weeks before his death was an autobiography