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Drafted
He was born in Vienna, Austria. In 1942 he was drafted to the German Army at the age of 18 years old during WWII; he was awarded an Iron Cross in 1944 for his heroism. https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/feyerabend/#pagetopright -
Paul Feyerabend
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After his Injury
1945 he ended up getting shot in the stomach which cause damage to his spinal nerves forcing him to use a cane.
Later he went to the University of Vienna and studied History and Sociology but later transferred to Physics. He studied under many Philosophers.1953 he translated Popper's The Open Society and Its Enemies into German. He refused to be Popper's assistant and by doing so he ended up working under Arthur Pap.
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Publishing
1965- He wrote a review about Karl Popper's, Conjectures and Refutations.
He published his first book, Against Methods. This described his view as an, "Anarchistic Theory of Knowledge".
Later on in 1978 he elaborated on his book and wrote back to other who responded about it in his paper, "Science in a Free Society". -
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Feyerabend published, Farewell to Reason, which consisted of all his writings from 1981 to 1987. It was discovered in 1993 he had a brain tumor that could not be operated on, the following year he died. Before he died, he worked under well known philosophers and accomplished many writings, he also brought forth a different point of view of anarchistic. Feyerabend had a successful and impactful experience during his time. https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/feyerabend/#pagetopright -
