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Paul Feyerabend (Jan 13, 1924 - Feb 11, 1994)

  • Birth

    Paul Feyerabend is born in Vienna, Austria and is born to a civil servant and a seamstress. He Finished High school in Vienna. (Preston, 2016)
  • Military Service (1942-1945)

    Feyerabend is drafted into the German Army and volunteered for officer school. He ascended to the rank of Lieutenant and was shot in the hand and belly in 1945 but survived. (Preston, 2016)
  • Completing education

    Feyerabend received his doctorate in Philosophy and went to study at Cambridge University in England with Karl Popper as his supervisor. (Feyerabend, 2019)
  • Science Without Experience

    The article "Science Without Experience" is published by Feyerabend in which he gave up being an empiricist and states experience is not necessary to comprehend or test scientific theories.
  • Epistemological Anarchism

    The book, "Consolations for the Specialist" is published by Feyerabend where he criticized Karl Popper's point of view in scientific methodology. This is the first time he labeled himself as an "epistemological anarchist" (Feyerabend, 1970)
  • Anything Goes

    With the release of his book, "Against Method", Feyerabend revelas his "anything goes" idea, that great scientists are opportunistic and creative and that any attempt to establish rules in Science only hinder a scientist's creativity (Preston, 2016). He recieved a lot of criticism even the nickname of "science's worst enemy"
  • Death

    Paul Feyerabend died of a brain tumor in Genolier, Switzerland. He is famous for his anarchist view of science and his rejection of universal rules of the scientific theory. Asteroid Feyerabend (22356) is named after him.