Gaston Bachelard

Born	June 27, 1884(1884-06-27) Bar-sur-Aube, France
Died	October 16, 1962(1962-10-16) (aged 78) Paris, France
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Gaston Bachelard (1884–1962) was a French philosopher. He made contributions in the fields of poetics and the philosophy of science. To the latter he introduced the concepts of epistemological obstacle [obstacle épistémologique] and epistemological break [rupture épistémologique].

Works

(in French unless noted)

Monographs

• Le nouvel esprit scientifique, Alcan, 1934.
  • The New Scientific Spirit, trans. Arthur Goldhammer, Boston: Beacon Press, 1984, ARG. (English)
• La dialectique de la durée, Boivin, 1936, ARG.
  • The Dialectic of Duration, trans. Mary McAllester Jones, Manchester: Clinamen Press, 2000, ARG. (English)
• La psychanalyse du feu, Paris: Gallimard, 1938, ARG.
  • The Psychoanalysis of Fire, trans. Alan C.M. Ross, London: Routledge, 1964, ARG. (English)
• La philosophie du non: essai d'une philosophie du nouvel esprit scientifique, Paris: PUF, 1940.
  • The Philosophy of No: A Philosophy of the New Scientific Mind, trans. G.C. Waterson, New York: Orion Press, 1968, ARG. (English)
• La poétique de l'espace, Paris: PUF, 1958; 3rd ed., 1961, Log.
  • The Poetics of Space, trans. Maria Jolas, New York: Orion Press, 1964; Boston: Beacon Press, 1969; 1994, Log, ARG. (English)

Bibliography

• at GastonBachelard.org

Literature

• Epistemology and History. From Bachelard and Canguilhem to Today's History of Science, Max-Planck Institute for the History of Science, 2012, 232 pp. Conference proceedings. (English)

See also

• Michel Foucault
• Michel Pêcheux

Links

• Association Internationale Gaston Bachelard