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Feyerabend</b></font><p><b>AKA</b> Paul Karl Feyerabend<p><b>Born:</b> <a href="/lists/530/000106212/" class=proflink>13-Jan</a>-<a href="/lists/923/000105608/" class=proflink>1924</a><br><b>Birthplace:</b> <a href="/geo/826/000069619/" class=proflink>Vienna, Austria</a><br><b>Died:</b> <a href="/lists/925/000106607/" class=proflink>11-Feb</a>-<a href="/lists/504/000106186/" class=proflink>1994</a><br><b>Location of death:</b> Genolier, Vaud, Switzerland <font size=-1><a href="#FN1">[1]</a></font><br><b>Cause of death:</b> <a href="/lists/352/000069145/" class=proflink>Cancer - Brain</a><br><p><b>Gender:</b> Male<br><b>Race or Ethnicity:</b> White<br><b>Sexual orientation:</b> Straight<br><b>Occupation:</b> <a href="/lists/164/000068957/" class=proflink>Philosopher</a><p><b>Nationality:</b> United States<br><b>Executive summary:</b> <i>Against Method</i><p><b>Military service:</b> Reichsarbeitsdienst (1940-42); Wehrmacht (1942-45, Lt.)<p><hr width=25% size=1 align=left><a name="FN1"><font size=-1>[1] Genolier Clinic, Genolier, Vaud, Switzerland. </font><p><b>Father:</b> (civil servant)<br><b>Mother:</b> (seamstress, d. 1943 suicide)<br><b>Wife:</b> Edeltrud ("Jacqueline", m. 1948)<br><b>Wife:</b> Mary O'Neill (m. 1956)<br><b>Wife:</b> Grazia Borrini (m. 1989, until his death)<br><p> University: Weimar Musikschule<br> University: <a href="/edu/724/000068520/">PhD Philosophy, University of Vienna (1951)</a><br> University: <a href="/edu/570/000079333/">London School of Economics</a><br> Teacher: <a href="/edu/684/000068480/">University of Bristol (1955-58)</a><br> Professor: <a href="/edu/470/000068266/">University of California at Berkeley (1958-90)</a><br><p> <a href="/event/226/000118869/">Shot: Battle</a> (3 bullets -- face, right hand, spine)<br> <a href="/event/582/000051429/">Naturalized US Citizen</a> <br><p> <b>Author of books:</b><br> <i>Against Method: Outline of an Anarchistic Theory of Knowledge</i> (<tt>1975</tt>)<br><i>Science in a Free Society</i> (<tt>1978</tt>)<br><i>Realism, Rationalism & Scientific Method: Philosophical Papers Volume I</i> (<tt>1981</tt>)<br><i>Problems of Empiricism: Philosophical Papers, Volume II</i> (<tt>1981</tt>)<br><i>Farewell to Reason</i> (<tt>1987</tt>, essays)<br><i>Three Dialogues on Knowledge</i> (<tt>1991</tt>)<br><i>Killing Time: The Autobiography of Paul Feyerabend</i> (<tt>1995</tt>, memoir)<br><i>Conquest of Abundance: A Tale of Abstraction versus the Richness of Being</i> (<tt>1999</tt>)<br><i>Knowledge, Science and Relativism: Philosophical Papers, Volume III</i> (<tt>19999</tt>)<br><p> <br><br><p> <font size=-1>Do you know something we don't?</font><br> <font size=-1><a href="http://commentary.nndb.com/submit/feedback/?id=179997" rel="nofollow">Submit a correction or make a comment about this profile</a></font><br> <p> <br><br><p><font size=-1>Copyright ©2019 Soylent Communications</font><p> </td></tr></table> </td></tr> </table> </td> <td width=180 align="center" valign="top" style="padding: 0px 0px 8px 25px;"></td></tr> </table> </center> </body> </html>