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Paul Feyerabend (b.1924, d.1994)

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  • An Introduction to Paul Feyerabend (b.1924 d.1994)

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  • A Raving Positivist

    According to Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, Paul Feyerabend (b.1924, d.1994), began his philosophy career with publishing his first article on the concept of illusion in physics (Stanford 2020).
    Reference:
    Preston, John, "Paul Feyerabend", The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (Fall 2020 Edition), Edward N. Zalta (ed.), URL = https://plato.stanford.edu/archives/fall2020/entries/feyerabend/.

  • Working With Karl Popper

    According to Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, Paul Feyerabend (b. 1924 d. 1994) earned his doctorates in philosophy. He applied for a scholarship at Cambridge and chose Karl Popper as his supervisor (Stanford 2020). Preston, John, "Paul Feyerabend", The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (Fall 2020 Edition), Edward N. Zalta (ed.), URL = https://plato.stanford.edu/archives/fall2020/entries/feyerabend/.

  • David Bohm's Influence

    According to Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, Paul Feyerabend published the "paradox of analysis" and his work with David Bohm, a quantum physicist influenced him greatly (Stanford 2020). Preston, John, "Paul Feyerabend", The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (Fall 2020 Edition), Edward N. Zalta (ed.), URL = https://plato.stanford.edu/archives/fall2020/entries/feyerabend/.

  • Paul Feyerabend's First Major Works

    According to the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, Feyerabend (b.1924 d.1994) began arguing against positivism and advocated for a realist ideology of relation between theory and experience. He published “An Attempt at a Realistic Interpretation of Experience”, and “Complementarity” to support his new ideas (Stanford 2020). Preston, John, "Paul Feyerabend", The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (Fall 2020 Edition), Edward N. Zalta (ed.)

  • Introduction of the Concept of Incommensurability

    According to Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, Feyerabend introduced his work on the concept of incommensurability by criticizing the philosophical idea of existing empiricist accounts of explanation and theoretical reduction (Stanford 2020). Preston, John, "Paul Feyerabend", The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (Fall 2020 Edition), Edward N. Zalta (ed.), URL = https://plato.stanford.edu/archives/fall2020/entries/feyerabend/.

  • Further Criticism on Empiricism

    According to Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, Feyerabend continued his criticism on Empiricism until 1965 with the publications of “Problems of Empiricism”, and his “Reply to Criticism” which introduced eliminative materialism and to revolutionize empiricism (Stanford 2020). Preston, John, "Paul Feyerabend", The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (Fall 2020 Edition), Edward N. Zalta (ed.), URL = https://plato.stanford.edu/archives/fall2020/entries/feyerabend/.

  • Epistemological Anarchism

    According to Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, Feyerabend gave up on his critiques of empiricism and moved on to introducing epistemological anarchism with his work "Against Method: Outline of an Anarchistic Theory of Knowledge" (Stanford 2020). Preston, John, "Paul Feyerabend", The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (Fall 2020 Edition), Edward N. Zalta (ed.), URL = https://plato.stanford.edu/archives/fall2020/entries/feyerabend/.

  • Paul Feyerabend's (b.1924, d.1994) First Book

    According to Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, Paul Feyerabend continued his work with Epistemological Anarchism by publishing his book "Against Method" in 1975 which argued against the scientific method (Stanford 2020). Preston, John, "Paul Feyerabend", The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (Fall 2020 Edition), Edward N. Zalta (ed.), URL = https://plato.stanford.edu/archives/fall2020/entries/feyerabend/.

  • "Science as an Art"

    According to Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, Feyerabend published his book "Science as an Art" which critiques that science has changed but is making no progress (Stanford 2020). Preston, John, "Paul Feyerabend", The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (Fall 2020 Edition), Edward N. Zalta (ed.), URL = https://plato.stanford.edu/archives/fall2020/entries/feyerabend/.

  • End of Life

    According to Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, Feyerabend worked on putting his earlier papers together in books and making last touches to his work before he died of a brain tumor in 1994.