Robert Blanché
Encyclopedia
Robert Blanché was an associate professor of philosophy
at the University of Toulouse
. He wrote many books addressing the philosophy of mathematics
.
Philosophy
Philosophy is the study of general and fundamental problems, such as those connected with existence, knowledge, values, reason, mind, and language. Philosophy is distinguished from other ways of addressing such problems by its critical, generally systematic approach and its reliance on rational...
at the University of Toulouse
University of Toulouse
The Université de Toulouse is a consortium of French universities, grandes écoles and other institutions of higher education and research, named after one of the earliest universities established in Europe in 1229, and including the successor universities to that earlier university...
. He wrote many books addressing the philosophy of mathematics
Philosophy of mathematics
The philosophy of mathematics is the branch of philosophy that studies the philosophical assumptions, foundations, and implications of mathematics. The aim of the philosophy of mathematics is to provide an account of the nature and methodology of mathematics and to understand the place of...
.
Works
- La Notion de fait psychique, essai sur les rapports du physique et du mental – 1934, ed. PUF.
- Le Rationalisme de Whewell – 1935, ed. PUF.
- Whewell : de la construction de la science – 1938, ed. J. Vrin
- La Science physique et la réalité : réalisme, positivisme, mathématisme - 1948, ed. PUF
- Les Attitudes idéalistes – 1949, ed. PUF
- L’Axiomatique – 1955, ed. P.U.F. coll. Quadrige, 112p.
- Introduction à la logique contemporaine - 1957, ed. Armand Colin, coll Cursus, 205p.
- Structures intellectuelles, essai sur l’organisation systématique des concepts - 1966, ed. J. Vrin
- Raison et discours, défense de la logique réflexive – 1967, ed. J. Vrin
- La science actuelle et le rationalisme - 1967, Ed. PUF.
- La Méthode expérimentale et la philosophie de la physique – 1969, ed. Armand Collin, 384p
- La logique et son histoire d’Aristote à Russell, ed. Amand Colin, coll. U, Paris, 1970, 366p.
- La Logique et son histoire, (avec Jacques Dubucs), ed. Amand Colin, coll. U, Paris, 1996, 396p. (édition revue de 1970)
- L’Épistémologie - 1972 ; ed. PUF
- Le Raisonnement – 1973, ed. PUF
- L’Induction scientifique et les lois naturelles – 1975, ed. PUF