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Paul Feyerbend

  • birth of paul

    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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    Paul Feyerbend

    He was a critic of Karl Popper's "critical rationalism"
  • army

    He was recruited into the army to start his basic training. After completing his basic training he moved on the officer school.
  • mothers death

    He had learned of his mothers death and soon found out that it was a suicide.
  • education

    education
    Paul studied science at the university of Viennese. He soon moved on to philosophy for doctoral thesis.
  • shot

    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.
  • the meet

    the meet
    He met Karl Popper and Walter Hollitscher in 48' the same year that he married his first wife Edeltnel.
  • masters

    He got his masters a little bit later in philosophy on " basic statements"
  • 56'

    In 56' he married his second wife Mary O'neill and also published his article on "paradox of analysis"
  • moving on up

    2 of his most important papers ended up in the Aristotelian Society.
    "an attempt at a realistic interpretation" and
    "Complementanty"
    Which argued "against positivism and in favor of a scientific realist that points out the relation in theory and experience.
  • first book

    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.
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GXgIKGBJq4s
  • out for break

    out for break
    He married again to a woman named Grazia in January and left for Italy and Switzerland in the fall
  • getting sick

    In 93 he developed a brain tumor that ended up hospitalizing him.
  • death

    death
    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.