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Paul Feyerabend

1924 - 1994

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Paul Karl Feyerabend (; German: [ˈfaɪɐˌʔaːbm̩t]; January 13, 1924 – February 11, 1994) was an Austrian philosopher best known for his work in the philosophy of science. He started his academic career as lecturer in the philosophy of science at the University of Bristol (1955–1958); afterward, he moved to the University of California, Berkeley, where he taught for three decades (1958–1989). At various points in his life, he held joint appointments at the University College London (1967–1970), the London School of Economics (1967), the FU Berlin (1968), Yale University (1969), the University of Auckland (1972, 1975), the University of Sussex (1974), and the ETH Zurich (1980–1990). He gave lectures and lecture series at the University of Minnesota (1958–1962), Stanford University (1967), the University of Kassel (1977), and the University of Trento (1992). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Paul Feyerabend is the 235th most popular philosopher (down from 225th in 2019), the 121st most popular biography from Austria (down from 112th in 2019) and the 4th most popular Austrian Philosopher.

Paul Feyerabend is most famous for his work in the philosophy of science. He is considered one of the most influential philosophers of science of the 20th century. He is best known for his "anything goes" approach to science, which he summed up in his slogan "anything goes".

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Paul Feyerabend ranks 235 out of 1,267. Before him are Benedetto Croce, Al-Ash'ari, Iamblichus, Carneades, Marshall McLuhan, and Friedrich Heinrich Jacobi. After him are Nikolai Berdyaev, Giorgio Agamben, Michael Psellos, Prodicus, Franz Brentano, and Al-Jahiz.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1924, Paul Feyerabend ranks 25. Before him are Sarah Vaughan, Georges Charpak, Lauren Bacall, Roger Guillemin, Jacques Le Goff, and Sergei Parajanov. After him are Lys Assia, S. R. Nathan, Billy Wright, Jovanka Broz, Ramiz Alia, and Mário Soares. Among people deceased in 1994, Paul Feyerabend ranks 27. Before him are Antônio Carlos Jobim, Melina Mercouri, Andrei Chikatilo, André Michel Lwoff, Léon Degrelle, and John Wayne Gacy. After him are Mas Oyama, Domenico Modugno, Billy Wright, Roland Ratzenberger, Niels Kaj Jerne, and George Peppard.

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In Austria

Among people born in Austria, Paul Feyerabend ranks 121 out of 1,424. Before him are Elisabeth of Austria, Queen of France (1554), Josef Strauss (1827), Ferdinand Karl, Archduke of Austria-Este (1754), Ferdinand II of Portugal (1816), Leopold, Duke of Lorraine (1679), and Heinz Fischer (1938). After him are Archduchess Maria Anna of Austria (1738), Ferdinand IV, King of the Romans (1633), Józef Poniatowski (1763), Alois Brunner (1912), Geli Raubal (1908), and Milutin Milanković (1879).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In Austria

Among philosophers born in Austria, Paul Feyerabend ranks 4. Before him are Ludwig Wittgenstein (1889), Karl Popper (1902), and Martin Buber (1878). After him are Josef Breuer (1842), Ivan Illich (1926), Otto Weininger (1880), Alfred Schütz (1899), Otto Neurath (1882), Jean Améry (1912), Karl Leonhard Reinhold (1757), and André Gorz (1923).

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