![]() Feyerabend writes frankly of complicated relationships with his mentor Karl Popper and his friend and frequent opponent Imre Lakatos, and his reactions to a growing reputation as the "worst enemy of science. The Austrian born Paul Karl Feyerabend turned to the study of physics, astronomy. Although not written as an intellectual autobiography, "Killing Time" sketches the people, ideas, and conflicts of 60 years. He recalls his promising talent as an operatic tenor (a lifelong passion), his encounters with everyone from Martin Buber to Bertolt Brecht, innumerable love affairs, four marriages, and a career so rich he once held tenured positions at four universities at the same time. Feyerabend writes frankly of complicated relationships with his mentor Karl Popper and his friend and frequent opponent Imre Lakatos, and his reactions to a. with his mentor Karl Popper and his friend and frequent opponent Imre Lakatos. ![]() He writes of his experience in the German army on the Russian front, where three bullets left him crippled, impotent, and in lifelong pain. Killing Time: The Autobiography of Paul Feyerabend byPaul Feyerabend Write a review How customer reviews and ratings work Customer Reviews, including Product Star Ratings help customers to learn more about the product and decide whether it is the right product for them. : Killing Time: The Autobiography of Paul Feyerabend. ![]() Finished only weeks before his death in 1994, this autobiography traces the trajectory that led Feyerabend from an isolated, lower-middle-class childhood in Vienna to the height of international academic success as one of this century's most influential intellectuals. ![]()
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