Georges Canguilhem

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French philosopher historian of science human philosopher

Georges Canguilhem was a French philosopher and historian of science whose work on concepts of normality, pathology, and the life sciences deeply shaped 20th-century French philosophy.

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Georges Canguilhem canonical 3
Canguilhem 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf French philosopher ⓘ
historian of science ⓘ
human ⓘ
philosopher ⓘ
awardReceived Grand Prix de Philosophie de l’Académie Française ⓘ
surface form: Grand prix de philosophie de l’Académie française
countryOfCitizenship France ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1904-06-04 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1995-09-11 ⓘ
educatedAt Sorbonne University ⓘ
surface form: University of Paris

École Normale (Paris) ⓘ
surface form: École Normale Supérieure
employer Sorbonne University ⓘ
surface form: University of Paris

University of Strasbourg ⓘ
familyName Georges Canguilhem self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Canguilhem
fieldOfWork epistemology ⓘ
history of science ⓘ
philosophy of biology ⓘ
philosophy of medicine ⓘ
philosophy of science ⓘ
fullName Georges Canguilhem self-link ⓘ
givenName Georges ⓘ
influenced 20th-century French philosophy ⓘ
Dominique Lecourt ⓘ
François Dagognet ⓘ
Gilles Deleuze ⓘ
Louis Althusser ⓘ
Michel Foucault ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName French ⓘ
mainInterest biology ⓘ
concept of normality ⓘ
concept of pathology ⓘ
life sciences ⓘ
medicine ⓘ
movement French epistemology ⓘ
French historical epistemology ⓘ
nationality French ⓘ
notableIdea critique of statistical normality in medicine ⓘ
normativity of the living ⓘ
notableWork La Connaissance de la vie ⓘ
Le Normal et le pathologique ⓘ
Études d'histoire et de philosophie des sciences ⓘ
occupation historian of science ⓘ
philosopher ⓘ
physician ⓘ
university teacher ⓘ
participatedIn French Resistance ⓘ
placeOfBirth Aude ⓘ
Castelnaudary ⓘ
France ⓘ
placeOfDeath Bouches-du-Rhône ⓘ
France ⓘ
Marseille ⓘ
positionHeld director of the Institut d'histoire des sciences ⓘ
inspector general of philosophy for the French national education system ⓘ
sexOrGender male ⓘ

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Paul-Michel → influencedBy → Georges Canguilhem ⓘ
subject surface form: Paul-Michel Foucault
Georges Canguilhem → fullName → Georges Canguilhem self-link ⓘ
Georges Canguilhem → familyName → Georges Canguilhem self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Canguilhem