Abel Rey
Encyclopedia
Abel Rey was a French philosopher
and historian of science
.
Abel Rey succeeded Gaston Milhaud
as professor of the history of philosophy in its relation to science at the Sorbonne
, and established the Institut d'histoire des sciences et des techniques to encourage cooperation between the sciences and humanities. It has been argued that Rey influenced Philipp Frank
and the formation of the Vienna Circle
.
Philosophy of science
The philosophy of science is concerned with the assumptions, foundations, methods and implications of science. It is also concerned with the use and merit of science and sometimes overlaps metaphysics and epistemology by exploring whether scientific results are actually a study of truth...
and historian of science
History of science
The history of science is the study of the historical development of human understandings of the natural world and the domains of the social sciences....
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Abel Rey succeeded Gaston Milhaud
Gaston Milhaud
Gaston Milhaud was a French philosopher and historian of science.Gaston Milhaud studied mathematics with Gaston Darboux at the École Normale Supérieure. In 1881 he took a teaching post at the University of Le Havre. In 1891 he became professor of mathematics at Montpellier University, and in 1895...
as professor of the history of philosophy in its relation to science at the Sorbonne
University of Paris
The University of Paris was a university located in Paris, France and one of the earliest to be established in Europe. It was founded in the mid 12th century, and officially recognized as a university probably between 1160 and 1250...
, and established the Institut d'histoire des sciences et des techniques to encourage cooperation between the sciences and humanities. It has been argued that Rey influenced Philipp Frank
Philipp Frank
Philipp Frank was a physicist, mathematician and also an influential philosopher during the first half of the 20th century. He was a logical-positivist, and a member of the Vienna Circle.He was born on 20 March 1884 in Vienna, Austria, and died on 21 July 1966 in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA...
and the formation of the Vienna Circle
Vienna Circle
The Vienna Circle was an association of philosophers gathered around the University of Vienna in 1922, chaired by Moritz Schlick, also known as the Ernst Mach Society in honour of Ernst Mach...
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Works
- La théorie de la physique chez les physiciens contemporains, 1907
- La philosophie moderne, 1908
- La science dans l'antiquité, 1930
- Les mathématiques en Grèce, au milieu du Ve siècle, 1935
- La maturité de la pensée scientifique en Grèce, 1939