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Georges Canguilhem (French: [kɑ̃ɡilɛm]; 4 June 1904 – 11 September 1995) was a French philosopher and physician who specialized in epistemology and the philosophy of science (in particular biology).

birth date
1904-06-04
birth place
Aude, Bar-sur-Aube, Castelnaudary
death date
1995-09-11
death place
Marly-le-Roi
era
20th-century philosophy
influenced
Gilles Deleuze, Michel Foucault, Louis Althusser, François Dagognet, Pierre Bourdieu, Dominique Lecourt, Jacques-Alain Miller, Arnold Davidson
influenced by
Henri Bergson, Gaston Bachelard, Émile Chartier, Kurt Goldstein, Claude Bernard
main interest
History and philosophy of science, Philosophy of biology, Philosophy of healthcare, Historical_epistemology
philosophicalSchool
Rationalism, Vitalism, Antipositivism
region
Western philosophy

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