!!!Feyerabend, Paul Karl

b. Vienna, Jan. 13, 1924, 
d. Zurich (Switzerland), Feb. 11, 1994, philosopher. 1959-1990 
professor at the University of Berkeley (USA) and 1979-1991 professor 
at Zurich University of Technology. F. has developed a theory of 
knowledge which, in contrast to K.  Popper and his rationalism, 
rejects all binding regulating systems and is based on spontaneity and 
creativity.

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Werke: Das Problem der Existenz theoretischer Entitaeten, 1960; 
Knowledge without Foundations, 1962; Problems of Empiricism, 1965; 
Against Method, 1975 (Wider den Methodenzwang, 1976); Science in a 
Free Society, 1978 (Erkenntnis fuer freie Menschen, 1979); 
Ausgewaehlte Schriften, 2 vols., 1978/1981; Realism, Rationalism, and 
Scientific Method, 1981; Problems of Empiricism, 1981 (Probleme des 
Empirismus, 1981); Farewell to Reason, 1987 (Irrwege der Vernunft, 
1989); Three Dialogues on Knowledge, 1991 (Ueber Erkenntnis, 1992); 
Killing Time, 1995 (Zeitverschwendung, 1995; autobiography); 
Knowledge, Science and Relativism, 1998.

!Literature
Beyond Reason: essays on the philosophy of P. F., ed. by 
G. Munevar, 1991; E. Doering, P. K. F. zur Einfuehrung, 1998.



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