1st Edition
Gaston Bachelard Critic of Science and the Imagination
By Cristina Chimisso
Copyright 2001
304 Pages
by
Routledge
300 Pages
by
Routledge
304 Pages
by
Routledge
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In this new study, Cristina Chimisso explores the work of the French Philosopher of Science, Gaston Bachelard (1884-1962) by situating it within French cultural life of the first half of the century. The book is introduced by a study - based on an analysis of portraits and literary representations - of how Bachelard's admirers transformed him into the mythical image of the Philosopher, the... Read more
Introduction: The formation of Gaston Bachelard's philosophy 1. Painting an icon: Gaston Bachelard and the philosophical beard2. Culture generale and the new scientific spirit3. Bachelard's pedagogical rationalism4. Philosophy between the Sorbonne and the College de France5. Philosophy, history and the history of the sciences6. The study of man 7. The study of the psyche8. Bachelard as a reader
Biography
Christina Chimisso is lecturer in European Studies at the department of Philosophy, Open University, UK
'This is a fascinating work, which makes a good case for the continued relevance of some of Bachelard's ideas.' - British Journal for the History of Science
