Editing Paul Feyerabend (section)

===Early life===
Feyerabend was born in 1924 in [[Vienna]], Austria.<ref name=ohvienna>{{cite web |url=https://vcs.univie.ac.at/Feyerabend_Vienna_July24.pdf|title=Paul Feyerabend and Austrian Philosophy - His Formative Years in Postwar Vienna|date=2023|publisher=[[Institute Vienna Circle / Vienna Circle Society|Vienna Circle Society]] |website=[[University of Vienna]]|access-date=20 January 2024}}</ref><ref name=oberheim>{{cite web |last=Oberheim|first=Eric |url=https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/incommensurability/|title=The Incommensurability of Scientific Theories|date= 4 September 2018|orig-date=25 February 2009|publisher=[[Stanford]] |website=[[Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy]]|access-date=20 January 2024}}</ref> His paternal grandfather was the illegitimate child of a housekeeper, Helena Feierabend, who introduced the 'y' into 'Feyerabend.'{{sfn|Feyerabend|1995|p=2}} His father, originally from [[Carinthia]], was an officer in the merchant marine in [[World War I]] in [[Istria]] and a civil servant in Vienna until he died due to complications from a stroke. His mother's family came from [[Stockerau]]. She was a seamstress and died on July 29, 1943 by suicide. The family lived in a working-class neighborhood (Wolfganggasse) where gypsy musicians, over-the-top relatives, illusionists, sudden accidents, and heated quarrels were part of everyday life. In his autobiography Feyerabend remembers a childhood in which magic and mysterious events were separated by dreary 'commonplace' only by a slight change of perspective{{sfn|Feyerabend|1995|pp=1-20}} — a theme later found in his work. 

Raised Catholic, Feyerabend attended the Realgymnasium, where he excelled as a {{lang|de|Vorzugsschüler}} (top student), especially in physics and mathematics. At 13 he built, with his father, his own telescope, which allowed him to become an observer for the Swiss Institute of Solar Research.{{sfn|Feyerabend|1995|p=27}} He was inspired by his teacher [[Oswald Thomas]] and developed a reputation as knowing more than the teachers.{{sfn|Feyerabend|1995|p=28}} A voracious reader, especially of mystery and adventure novels and plays, Feyerabend casually stumbled onto philosophy. Works by [[Plato]], [[Descartes]], and [[Ludwig Büchner|Büchner]] awoke his interest in the dramatic power of argument. He later encountered philosophy of science through the works of [[Ernst Mach|Mach]], [[Arthur Eddington|Eddington]], and [[Hugo Dingler|Dingler]] and was fascinated by [[Friedrich Nietzsche|Nietzsche]]'s ''[[Thus Spoke Zarathustra]]'' and his depiction of the "lonely man."{{sfn|Feyerabend|1995|p=50}} During high school, Feyerabend also began his lifelong interest in singing. He sang in a choir under [[:de:Leo_Lehner|Leo Lehner]] and was later introduced to opera and inspired by performances from [[:de:Georg_Oeggl|George Oeggl]] and [[Hans Hotter]]. He later trained formally under the tutelage of [[:de:Adolf_Vogel_(Sänger)|Adolf Vogel]] and others.{{sfn|Feyerabend|1995|p=31}}