Paul Feyerabend Biography

Paul Karl Feyerabend was an Austrian-born philosopher of science, known for his challenge to universal rules of scientific methodology. His work championed a free-spirited approach to science, rejecting a single, universal set of procedures. Feyerabend became famous for his purportedly anarchistic view of science, becoming an influential figure in the philosophy of science and the sociology of scientific knowledge. His ideas continue to provoke thought on the nature of scientific progress.