André Lalande (philosopher)

André Lalande (French: [lalɑ̃d]; 19 July 1867, Dijon – 15 November 1964, Asnières) was a French philosopher. He was a proponent of rationalism.^[1]

He entered the École Normale Supérieure in 1885. In 1904, he was appointed professor of philosophy at the University of Paris.^[2]

Whilst still at school in 1883–4 he was taught by Émile Durkheim, whom he greatly appreciated. His notes have provided the basis for the publication Durkheim's Philosophy Lectures: Notes from the Lycée de Sens Course, 1883–1884 in 2004.^[3]

His doctoral thesis was entitled L'idée directrice de la dissolution opposée à celle de l'évolution.^[2] In 1901, he was one of the founders of the Société française de philosophie.^[4]

Works

• 1893: Lectures sur la philosophic des sciences, Paris
• 1899: L'idée directrice de la dissolution opposée à celle de l'évolution Paris (revised and reissued as Les illusions évolutionnistes, Paris, 1930)
• 1899: Quid de Mathematica vel Rationali vel Naturali Senserit Baconus Verulamius, Paris, 1899 (in Latin)
• 1907: Précis raisonné de morale pratique, Paris: Hachette
• 1929: Les théories de l'induction et de l'expérimentation, Paris: Boivin
• 1948: La raison et les normes, Paris, 1948.
• 1960: Vocabulaire technique et critique de la philosophic 8Paris: Presses Universitaires de France

References