Feyerabend and the Philosophy of Physics.

In a reference letter for Feyerabend's application to UC Berkeley, Carl Hempel writes that 'Mr. Feyerabend combines a forceful and penetrating analytic mind with a remarkably thorough training and high competence in theoretical physics and mathematics' (Collodel and Oberheim, [2], 80). The hope is to better understand Feyerabend's philosophy of physics, its historical impact and reception, and discern what fruits Feyerabend's philosophy of physics may still bear. Del Santo shows how Feyerabend's growing "resentment" toward his authoritarian father-figure and Popper's growing frustration with Feyerabend centred on disagreements concerning quantum mechanics: how to interpret it, how to criticize it, and how to teach it. [Extracted from the article]