Paul Feyerabend

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academic author human philosopher philosopher of science

Paul Feyerabend was a 20th-century philosopher of science best known for his radical critique of scientific rationality and his advocacy of epistemological anarchism.

Aliases (1)

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Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	academic → author → human → philosopher → philosopher of science →
causeOfDeath	brain tumor →
citizenship	Austria → United States of America →
countryOfBirth	Austria →
countryOfDeath	Switzerland →
dateOfBirth	1924-01-13 →
dateOfDeath	1994-02-11 →
doctoralAdvisor	Viktor Kraft →
educatedAt	London School of Economics → University of Vienna →
employer	ETH Zurich → University of Auckland → University of California, Berkeley → University of London → University of Sussex NERFINISHED →
familyName	Feyerabend →
fieldOfWork	epistemology → philosophy → philosophy of science →
givenName	Paul →
influenced	philosophy of science → postmodern philosophy → science and technology studies →
influencedBy	Hans Reichenbach → Imre Lakatos → Karl Popper → Ludwig Wittgenstein →
languageOfWorkOrName	English → German →
movement	epistemological anarchism → scientific anarchism →
notableIdea	anything goes (methodological slogan) → epistemological anarchism → incommensurability of scientific theories → theory-ladenness of observation →
notableWork	Against Method → Farewell to Reason → Killing Time → Science in a Free Society →
philosophicalSchool	pluralism → relativism →
placeOfBirth	Vienna →
placeOfDeath	Genolier →
positionHeld	Professor of Philosophy →
sexOrGender	male →

Referenced by (7)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Imre Lakatos → Karl Popper → Karl Popper → The Logic of Scientific Discovery → Thomas Kuhn →	influenced
falsificationism →	criticizedBy
Paul Feyerabend ("Feyerabend") →	familyName