Robert Bouvier (1886–1978) was a

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philosopher noted for popularising the work of

Ernst Mach Ernst Waldfried Josef Wenzel Mach ( , ; 18 February 1838 – 19 February 1916) was a Moravian-born Austrian physicist and philosopher, who contributed to the physics of shock waves. The ratio of one's speed to that of sound is named the Mach ...

in French. Bouvier spent much his career teaching evening classes and doing translation work before becoming a

privatdocent ''Privatdozent'' (for men) or ''Privatdozentin'' (for women), abbreviated PD, P.D. or Priv.-Doz., is an academic title conferred at some European universities, especially in German-speaking countries, to someone who holds certain formal qualific ...

at the University of Geneva.

Publications

* (1923) ''La Pensée de Ernst Mach: Essai de biographie intellectuelle et critique'' Paris: Vélin d'Or

References

1886 births 1978 deaths Academic staff of the University of Geneva 20th-century Swiss philosophers {{Switzerland-philosopher-stub