François Picavet
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François Picavet was a French philosopher, translator and authority on Kant.
He is now best known for an 1891 essay, Les idéologues, on the history of ideas
and of scientific theories, philosophy and religious and political ideas in France since 1789.
He is now best known for an 1891 essay, Les idéologues, on the history of ideas
History of ideas
The history of ideas is a field of research in history that deals with the expression, preservation, and change of human ideas over time. The history of ideas is a sister-discipline to, or a particular approach within, intellectual history...
and of scientific theories, philosophy and religious and political ideas in France since 1789.
Works
- Mémoire sur le scepticisme (1884)
- l'Histoire de la philosophie, ce qu'elle a été, ce qu'elle peut être (1888)
- La Mettrie et la critique allemande (1888)
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de l'an IX à l'an XI (1889) - Les idéologues. Essai sur l'histoire des idées et des théories scientifiques, philosophiques, religieuses, etc. en France depuis 1789 (1891) online text, reprinted 1971 by Burt Franklin