When did Alexandre Koyre live?

Alexandre Koyre was born in 1892 and died in 1964.

Where was Alexandre Koyre from?

Alexandre Koyre was a Russian-French philosopher of the Contemporary era.

What philosophical movements is Alexandre Koyre associated with?

Alexandre Koyre was associated with Continental Philosophy.

How many quotes are attributed to Alexandre Koyre?

There are 9 attributed quotations from Alexandre Koyre in the 1001Philosophers collection, organized by topic.

Alexandre Koyre 1892 – 1964

Alexandre Koyre (1892 – 1964) was a Russian-French philosopher of the Contemporary era, associated with Continental Philosophy.

Alexandre Koyre was a Russian-born French historian and philosopher of science whose work helped to inaugurate the modern internalist history of science. After studies under Husserl at Gottingen and Bergson at Paris, he produced detailed studies of Galileo, Kepler, Descartes, and Newton in which the scientific revolution is presented as a transformation in the very structure of thought rather than as the accumulation of new observations. His From the Closed World to the Infinite Universe is a celebrated short history of the cosmological revolution. He shaped Thomas Kuhn and the wider history-and-philosophy-of-science tradition.

Key facts

Nationality: Russian-French
Era: Contemporary
Movements: Continental Philosophy

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“Galileo's revolution was a revolution of the mind, not of the eye.”
“From the closed world to the infinite universe.”
The infinite Universe of the New Cosmology, infinite in Duration as well as Extension, in which eternal matter in accordance with eternal and necessary laws moves endlessly and aimlessly in eternal space, inherited all the ontological attributes of Divinity. Yet only those — all the others the departed God took with him... The Divine Artifex had therefore less and less to do in the world. He did n
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“The history of science is the history of human thought.”
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“Without metaphysics there is no physics worth doing.”
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“We do not see facts; we see facts in the light of theory.”

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When did Alexandre Koyre live?: Alexandre Koyre was born in 1892 and died in 1964.
Where was Alexandre Koyre from?: Alexandre Koyre was a Russian-French philosopher of the Contemporary era.
What philosophical movements is Alexandre Koyre associated with?: Alexandre Koyre was associated with Continental Philosophy.
What was Alexandre Koyre known for?: Alexandre Koyre was a Russian-born French historian and philosopher of science whose work helped to inaugurate the modern internalist history of science.
How many quotes are attributed to Alexandre Koyre?: There are 9 attributed quotations from Alexandre Koyre in the 1001Philosophers collection, organized by topic.