Paul Feyerabend

Paul Feyerabend

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); afterwards, 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, finally, the ETH Zurich (1980–1990). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Paul Feyerabend has received more than 834,446 page views. His biography is available in 41 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 40 in 2019). Paul Feyerabend is the 221st most popular philosopher (up from 223rd in 2019), the 110th most popular biography from Austria (down from 104th 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".