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Paul was born in a Viennese family on January 13 1924. They were not rich but they were not poor either. his mother was a dressmaker and his father was a civil servant.
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He was a critic of Karl Popper's "critical rationalism"
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He was recruited into the army to start his basic training. After completing his basic training he moved on the officer school.
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He had learned of his mothers death and soon found out that it was a suicide.
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Paul studied science at the university of Viennese. He soon moved on to philosophy for doctoral thesis.
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In 45' he was shot in the hand and stomach by the Russians army. The shot to the stomach damaged him spinal cord. Not long after that he was offered to go and study singing and stage studies.
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He met Karl Popper and Walter Hollitscher in 48' the same year that he married his first wife Edeltnel.
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He got his masters a little bit later in philosophy on " basic statements"
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In 56' he married his second wife Mary O'neill and also published his article on "paradox of analysis"
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2 of his most important papers ended up in the Aristotelian Society.
"an attempt at a realistic interpretation" and
"Complementanty"
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In 75' he published his first book called "Against Method" which talks about how he believes there us no such thing as "THE" scientific method.
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He married again to a woman named Grazia in January and left for Italy and Switzerland in the fall
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In 93 he developed a brain tumor that ended up hospitalizing him.
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One year later he ended up passing away on February 11, 1994 in Genolier clinic in Switzerland. Over the next two years there were many memorial get togethers and symposium.
