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Birth
Paul Feyerabend was born in Vienna, Austria, He was the son of a civil servant and a seamstress
Preston, John. “Paul Feyerabend (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy).” Stanford.Edu, 2016, plato.stanford.edu/entries/feyerabend/. -
Nazi???
Around this time my boy, Paul Feyerabend starting in the Arbeitsdienst, which was first introduced by the Nazi
Preston, John. “Paul Feyerabend (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy).” Stanford.Edu, 2016, plato.stanford.edu/entries/feyerabend/. -
Army time
This is the part where he thinks joining the military is the last choice he got.(military joke) He joins the German army then after finishing up basic training, he decides the enlisted life isn't for him and he go to OCS(Officer Candidate School)
Preston, John. “Paul Feyerabend (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy).” Stanford.Edu, 2016, plato.stanford.edu/entries/feyerabend/. -
Sad Day
This is the year his mother dies of suicide
Preston, John. “Paul Feyerabend (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy).” Stanford.Edu, 2016, plato.stanford.edu/entries/feyerabend/. -
His life isn't getting any better
So he gets shot in his hand and his belly, now his spine is mess up at this point.
Preston, John. “Paul Feyerabend (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy).” Stanford.Edu, 2016, plato.stanford.edu/entries/feyerabend/. -
Forget the army
Well at this point he is most definitely out the army and now he decided to do something else. He began to study history and sociology
Preston, John. “Paul Feyerabend (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy).” Stanford.Edu, 2016, plato.stanford.edu/entries/feyerabend/. -
His life is getting a bit better
So my boy Paul Feyereabend receives a doctorate for philosophy, then started his thesis on basic statements, applied for British Council scholarship for his choosing of college and his main supervisor dies before he got to England so he chose Popper instead
Preston, John. “Paul Feyerabend (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy).” Stanford.Edu, 2016, plato.stanford.edu/entries/feyerabend/. -
Moving on up
"Took up his first full-time academic appointment as lecturer in philosophy at the University of Bristol, England. His summary of Wittgenstein's Philosophical Investigations appeared as a review of the book in The Philosophical Review."
Preston, John. “Paul Feyerabend (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy).” Stanford.Edu, 2016, plato.stanford.edu/entries/feyerabend/. -
He's coming to the US
"Accepted a permanent position at Berkeley, and applied for a Green Card to work in the US."
Preston, John. “Paul Feyerabend (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy).” Stanford.Edu, 2016, plato.stanford.edu/entries/feyerabend/. -
Getting real busy
"Feyerabend published 'Das Problem der Existenz theoretischer Entitäten', in which he argued that there is no special “problem” of theoretical entities, and that all entities are hypothetical. Gave two lectures to Oberlin College, Ohio, in which he embroidered on Popper's views about the pre-Socratic thinkers."
Preston, John. “Paul Feyerabend (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy).” Stanford.Edu, 2016, plato.stanford.edu/entries/feyerabend/ -
Giving up
"In a tiny article, “Science Without Experience”, Feyerabend finally gave up the attempt to be an empiricist, arguing that in principle experience is necessary at no point in the construction, comprehension or testing of empirical scientific theories"
Preston, John. “Paul Feyerabend (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy).” Stanford.Edu, 2016, plato.stanford.edu/entries/feyerabend/. -
Publication
"Publishes 'Science as an Art', in which he defends an explicitly relativistic account of the history of science according to which there is change, but no “progress”. Also continues his campaign to rehabilitate Ernst Mach."
Preston, John. “Paul Feyerabend (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy).” Stanford.Edu, 2016, plato.stanford.edu/entries/feyerabend/ -
Death
"Feyerabend died in the Genolier clinic (Genolier, Canton of Vaud, Switzerland), February 11th. Several major memorial symposia and colloquia on his work took place over the next two years." -
His theory