Events in Switzerland
2024 forthcoming events
date to be determined, Cabaret Voltaire Zurich
A Feyerabend festival
A weekend of performances, lectures, concerts, idea-sharing and bringing in fringe perspectives on knowledge, the democratization of science and pluralism in general.
24 September 2024 (date to be confirmed), Department of Philosophy, University of Geneva
Paul K. Feyerabend Memorial Lecture
Stéphanie Ruphie (ENS Paris) on "Science, valeurs, démocratie"
Recent centennial events
1 June 2024, 17:00-19:00 p.m., Le Mont Pèlerin (CH-1801)
Official dedication of a small public "space with a view"
A small reception with invited local officials and the Board of the Paul K. Feyerabend Fundation. On the occasion, Prof. Baudouin Jurdant will offer a talk on the relations between pkf's work and the mission and objectives of the Feyerabend Foundation.
22-23 February 2024, ETH Zurich
100th Birthday of Paul Feyerabend
A two-day workshop on 'Pkf and pluralism', including talks in English and German. The registration site, venue, announcement flyer and other information are accessible here. The program includes:
Karim Bschir: Feyerabend’s Pluralism: Past and Present
Hasok Chang: Feyerabend as an advocate of pluralist realism
Wolfram Eilenberger: December 1967 – Feyerabend’s Awakening
Rachel Garrett: Transforming our problem-framings: from fighting sustainability crises to co-beneficial pathways for sociocultural and biodiversity
Michael Hagner: How far to the right does pluralism go? Feyerabend and Konrad Lorenz’s deadly sins (of mankind)
Janina Kehr: Pluralism in Medicine?
Nadia Mazouz: Arrogance, Power and the Ambivalencs of Pluralism
Christian Thomas: Hätte sich Paul Feyerabend gegen Corona impfen lassen?
Roy Wagner: A pluralist ontology for mathematics
21 January 2024, RTS
Language: German Duration: 59 11s
Zum 100. Geburtstag des 1994 in der Schweiz verstorbenen Selbstdenkers spricht Wolfram Eilenberger mit dem Zürcher Wissenschaftshistoriker Michael Hagner über die Wichtigkeit von Feyerabends Impulsen für die wissenschaftsdurchdrungene Gegenwart.
Find the program here: