Alexandre Koyré

Alexandre Koyré
Alexandre Koyré
Born	29 August 1892; Taganrog, Russian Empire
Died	28 April 1964 (aged 71); Paris, France
Education	University of Göttingen (1908–1911); Collège de France (1912–1913); University of Paris (1911–1914)
Era	20th-century philosophy
Region	Western philosophy
School	Continental philosophy; Phenomenology; French historical epistemology[1]
Institutions	École pratique des hautes études (1931–1962); Johns Hopkins University (1946–?); The New School (1941)
Main interests	History of science; Philosophy of science; Historical epistemology
Notable ideas	Criticism of positivist philosophy of science
	Influences E. A. Burtt, Gaston Bachelard, Edmund Husserl, Henri Bergson, Léon Brunschvicg, André Lalande, Victor Delbos, François Picavet;
	Influenced Thomas Kuhn,[2] Paul Feyerabend, Alexandre Kojève, Nader El-Bizri, Abdel Rahman Badawi;

Alexandre Koyré (/kwɑːˈreɪ/; French: [kwaʁe]; 29 August 1892 – 28 April 1964), was a French philosopher. He was born in Russia. He wrote on the history, philosophy of science and scientific revolution.

Koyré was born in Taganrog, Russia. He was a Jewish person. In 1914 he joined the French Foreign Legion and fought on the Russian front in 1916.

During World War II, Koyré lived in New York City, and taught at the New School for Social Research.

He died in Paris on 28 April 1964.

References

José Lopez, Society and Its Metaphors: Language, Social Theory and Social Structure, Bloomsbury Academic, 2003, p. 117.
Thomas S. Kuhn, The Structure of Scientific Revolutions. Chicago and London: University of Chicago Press, 1970 (2nd ed.), p. 48.

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