Gilles-Gaston Granger (; ; 28 January 1920 – 24 August 2016) was a French

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Work

His works discuss the philosophy of

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, human and social sciences,

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, and

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. He produced the most authoritative French translation of Wittgenstein's ''

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'' and published more than 150 scientific articles. In 1968 he co-founded with

Jules Vuillemin Jules Vuillemin (; ; 15 February 1920 – 16 January 2001) was a French philosopher, Professor of Epistemology, Philosophy of Knowledge at the prestigious Collège de France, in Paris, from 1962 to 1990, succeeding Maurice Merleau-Ponty, and Profe ...

the journal ''L'Âge de la Science''.Bibliography
He was president of the scientific committee of Jules Vuillemin's Archives.

Biography

*Studied at

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, Paris, France. Associate in philosophy,

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in philosophy. *1947–1953:

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at the

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. *1953–1955:

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at the

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(CNRS). *1955–1962: Professor at the

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. *1962–1964:

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of the École Normale Supérieure d'Afrique Centrale, in

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. *1964–1986: Professor at the Université de Provence,

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, France. *1986: Professor at the

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of Comparative Epistemology. *1990:

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of the Collège de France. *2000: Invited professor at the

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Works

*''Méthodologie économique'' (PUF, 1955) *''La raison'' (1955) *''La mathématique sociale du

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'' (PUF, 1956) *''Pensée formelle et sciences de l'homme'' (Aubier, 1960) **''Formal Thought and the Sciences of Man'', translation by

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(Boston Studies in the Philosophy of Science, 1983)Excerpts
on Google Books. *''Essai d'une philosophie du style'' (Armand Colin, 1968) *''Wittgenstein'' (Seghers, 1969) *''La théorie aristotélicienne de la science'' (Aubier, 1976) *''Langage et épistémologie'' (Klincksieck, 1979) *''Pour la connaissance philosophique'' (Odile Jacob, 1988) *''Invitation à la lecture de Wittgenstein'' (Alinéa, 1990) *''La vérification'' (Odile Jacob, 1992) *''Le probable, le possible et le virtuel'' (Odile Jacob, 1995) *''L'irrationnel'' (Odile Jacob, 1998) *''La pensée de l'espace'' (Odile Jacob, 1999)

Notes and references

External links

*Gilles Gaston Granger
"La contradiction"
''Travaux du Centre de Recherches Sémiologiques'', 57, p. 39–53, 1988

on the site of the Collège de France
Bibliographie

Lacour, Philippe. ''Gilles-Gaston Granger et la critique de la raison symbolique''

Lacour, Philippe. ''Le concept dhistoire ''dans la philosophie de Gilles-Gaston Granger''
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