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Alexandre Koyré (1892–1964) was a French and Russian philosopher, university teacher, and translator. Born in Taganrog, he was educated at the University of Göttingen and the Collège de France, where he earned a Doctor of Arts degree. He served as a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the International Academy of the History of Science. Koyré was employed by Princeton University, Cairo University, École pratique des hautes études, and The New School. He participated in World War I and died in the 5th arrondissement of Paris, where he is buried in Père Lachaise Cemetery.
His academic work includes *Introduction à la lecture de Platon*, *Descartes after three hundred years*, *Fides quaerens intellectum*, *L'idée de Dieu dans la philosophie de St. Anselme*, and *Les carnets de Schwartzkoppen (la vérité sur Dreyfus)*. Koyré was fluent in French, Russian, English, and Latin. He received the George Sarton Medal, the CNRS silver medal, and was appointed a Knight of the Legion of Honour. Among his doctoral students was Abdel Rahman Badawi.
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1892
- Died
- 1964
- Works
- 65
Top works
- Les carnets de Schwartzkoppen (la vérité sur Dreyfus)
- Fides quaerens intellectum
- Descartes after three hundred years
- L'idée de Dieu dans la philosophie de St. Anselme
- Introduction à la lecture de Platon
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Country
- France
- Active from
- 1892
- Active to
- 1964
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 17
- Total plays
- 66
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Global burden of 369 diseases and injuries in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019
· 2020 · cited 15,947x
- 2021 ESC Guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of acute and chronic heart failure
· 2021 · cited 12,096x
- pROC: an open-source package for R and S+ to analyze and compare ROC curves
· 2011 · cited 11,850x
- Universal sample preparation method for proteome analysis
· 2009 · cited 7,707x
- Macromolecular structure determination using X-rays, neutrons and electrons: recent developments in
<i>Phenix</i>
· 2019 · cited 7,448x
via Crossref · CC0
Key facts
- Born
- Alexandr Vladimirovich (or Volfovich) Koyra , 29 August 1892, Taganrog , Russia
- Died
- 28 April 1964 (1964-04-28) (aged 71), Paris, France
- Spouse
- Dora Reybermann
- Education
- University of Göttingen (1908–1911), Collège de France (1912–1913), University of Paris (1912–1913)
- Academic advisors
- Henri Bergson , Edmund Husserl
- Era
- 20th-century philosophy
- Region
- Western philosophy
- School
- Continental philosophy , Phenomenology , French historical epistemology
- Institutions
- École pratique des hautes études (1922–1962), Fuad University (1933–34, 1936–38, 1940–41), The New School (1941–1945), Johns Hopkins University (1951–1953), Institute for Advanced Study (1955–1962)
- Notable students
- Abdel Rahman Badawi
- Main interests
- History of science , Philosophy of science , Historical epistemology
- Notable ideas
- Criticism of positivist philosophy of science
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Encyclopedic overview
Alexandre Koyré (/kwɑːˈreɪ/; French: [kwaʁe]; born Alexandr Vladimirovich (or Volfovich) Koyra; 29 August 1892 – 28 April 1964), also anglicized as Alexander Koyre, was a French philosopher of Russian origin who wrote on the history and philosophy of science.
Life
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