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The Birth of Paul Feyerabend
Paul Karl Feyerabend was an Austrian philosopher of science who was born and raised in Vienna. He was the son of a civil servant and a seamstress. -
Explanation, Reduction, and Empiricism
Feyerabend abandons the foundationalist perspective of experience and adopts some of Wittgenstein’s later views. His works argues against the logical empiricists accounts of explanation, theoretical reduction, and meaning of invariance. Feyerabend, Paul. Explanation, Reduction, and Empiricism. Cambridge University Press, 1962, doi:10.1017/CBO9781139171526.005. -
Against Method
A collection of essays that criticizes the “dichotomous and enigmatic relation between philosophical theories and enigmatic relation between philosophical theories and scientific practice and advocates the freedom of science from the interference of philosophy. Philosophy of Science 10 - Against Method 1: https://youtu.be/GXgIKGBJq4s Feyerabend, Paul. Against Method. 3rd ed., New Left Books, 1975. -
Science in a Free Society
This book asserts for the freedom of all “forms of life” from the interference of science. It explains the political consequences of his epistemological anarchism and argues for the separation of science and state and for the equal right to survival and access to power of all traditions. Feyerabend, Paul. Science in a Free Society. Verso, 1982. -
Farewell to Reason
It is a unique apology for cultural relativism. Feyerabend asserts that if restrictions from traditions are dismissed, freedom of society will be attained. Feyerabend, Paul. Farewell to Reason. Illustrated edition, Verso, 1988. -
Killing Time: The Autobiography of Paul Feyerabend
Authored by Feyerabend himself, this book details his youth in the military, his academic career, his works, and his romantic adventures among all others. Feyerabend, Paul. Killing Time: The Autobiography of Paul Feyerabend. 1st ed., University of Chicago Press, 1996. -
The Death of a Great Philosopher
At 70 years old, Paul Feyerabend was afflicted with brain tumor. In his death bed, he continued to write books which were published later on after his death. He died in Grenolier, Switzerland. -
The Conquest of Abundance
In his death bed, Feyerabend authored “The Conquest of Abundance” where is wrote about his insights on the sensory and intellectual abundance that envelop us. He was fascinated that human senses and human intelligence are only able to take a portion of these wonders. Feyerabend, Paul, and Bert Terpstra. Conquest of Abundance: A Tale of Abstraction versus the Richness of Being. 2nd ed., University of Chicago Press, 2001. -
For and Against Method
An open dialogue between Lakatos and Feyerabend to synthesize their positions and arguments. Their work contains the exchange of ideas between the two philosophers and events of their daily lives. Lakatos, Imre, et al. For and Against Method: Including Lakatos’s Lectures on Scientific Method and the Lakatos-Feyerabend Correspondence. 1st ed., University of Chicago Press, 2000.