JSTOR Daily: Gaston Bachelard, Revised and Updated: Philosopher of Science and Imagination
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Gaston Louis Pierre Bachelard was a French philosopher. He made contributions in the fields of poetics and the philosophy of science. To the latter, he introduced the concepts of epistemological obstacle and epistemological break. He influenced many subsequent French philosophers, among them Michel Foucault, Louis Althusser, Dominique Lecourt and Jacques Derrida, as well as the sociologists Pierre…
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Born 27 June 1884 · Died 16 October 1962 · Q270800
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JSTOR Daily: Gaston Bachelard, Revised and Updated: Philosopher of Science and Imagination
Died 1962-10-16.
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“As imagens imaginadas são antes sublimações dos arquétipos do que reproduções da realidade.”
“Todo o conhecimento é uma resposta a uma pergunta.”
“Cogito, które myśli, może błądzić, czekać, wybierać – cogito marzenia jest natychmiast przywiązane do swego przedmiotu i do swego obrazu. Droga między podmiotem, który sobie wyobraża, a wyobrażanym obrazem jest najkrótsza ze wszystkich.”
“A água anônima sabe todos os segredos. A mesma lembrança sai de todas as fontes.”
“Marzenie zespala byt wokół swego marzyciela. Stwarza złudzenie, że jest czymś więcej niż jest. Bez marzenia nie ma dobro-bytu. Bez dobro-bytu nie ma marzenia. Przez samo marzenie odkrywamy już, że byt jest dobrem.”
“L’homme est une création du désir, non pas une création du besoin. (fr.)”
“Obiektywność nie może być oddzielona od danych społecznych dowodu. Nie można osiągnąć obiektywności inaczej, niż przedstawiając w sposób dyskursywny i w detalach swoją metodę obiektywizacji.”
Awarded Grand prix national des Lettres (1961).
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Awarded Commander of the Legion of Honour (1960).
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Became a member of the Royal Academy of Science, Letters and Fine Arts of Belgium
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Career landmark: university teacher (1940–1955).
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Accompanied his daughter in her higher educations
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Studied at Faculty of Arts of Paris, doctorate in France (1927).
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Wrote two theses: the main one, Essai sur la connaissance approchée, under the direction of Abel Rey, and the complementary one, Étude sur l'évolution d'un problème de physique: la propagation thermique dans les solid
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Acquired the title of Doctor of Letters at the Sorbonne in 1927
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Born 1884-06-27.
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