Paul Feyerabend
Philosopher, Author
1924 – 1994
Who was Paul Feyerabend?
Paul Karl Feyerabend was an Austrian-born philosopher of science best known for his work as a professor of philosophy at the University of California, Berkeley, where he worked for three decades. He lived a peripatetic life, living at various times in England, the United States, New Zealand, Italy, Germany, and finally Switzerland. His major works include Against Method, Science in a Free Society and Farewell to Reason. Feyerabend became famous for his purportedly anarchistic view of science and his rejection of the existence of universal methodological rules. He is an influential figure in the philosophy of science, and also in the sociology of scientific knowledge.
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- Born
- Jan 13, 1924
Vienna - Nationality
- Austria
- Profession
- Education
- London School of Economics
- University of Vienna
- Employment
- ETH Zurich
- University of California, Berkeley
- Lived in
- Vienna
- Died
- Feb 11, 1994
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on July 23, 2013
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