Georges Canguilhem
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| Born |
4 June 1904 Castelnaudary, Aude |
| Died | 11 September 1995 (aged 91) Marly-le-Roi |
| Alma mater | École Normale Supérieure, University of Paris |
| Era | 20th-century philosophy |
| Region | Western philosophy |
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Continental philosophy French Rationalism French historical epistemology Anti-positivism |
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Main interests
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History and philosophy of science, historical epistemology, philosophy of biology, philosophy of medicine |
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Notable ideas
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Revival of vitalism |
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Influences
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Georges Canguilhem (French: [kɑ̃ɡijɛm] or [kɑ̃ɡilɛm]; 4 June 1904 – 11 September 1995) was a French philosopher and physician who specialized in epistemology and the philosophy of science (in particular, biology).
Canguilhem entered the École Normale Supérieure in 1924 as part of a class that included Jean-Paul Sartre, Raymond Aron and Paul Nizan. He aggregated in 1927 and then taught in lycées throughout France, taking up the study of medicine while teaching in Toulouse.
He took up a post at the Clermont-Ferrand based University of Strasbourg in 1941, and received his medical doctorate in 1943, in the middle of World War II. Using the pseudonym "Lafont" Canguilhem became active in the French Resistance, serving as a doctor in Auvergne.
By 1948 he was the French equivalent of department chair in philosophy at Strasbourg as well. Seven years later, he was named a professor at the Sorbonne and succeeded Gaston Bachelard as the director of the Institut d'histoire des sciences, a post he occupied until 1971, at which time he undertook an active emeritus career.
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