Michel Serres
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Key facts
- Born
- ( 1930-09-01 ) 1 September 1930, Agen , Lot-et-Garonne , France
- Died
- 1 June 2019 (2019-06-01) (aged 88), Paris , France
- Alma mater
- École Navale , École Normale Supérieure , University of Paris
- Era
- Contemporary philosophy
- Region
- Western philosophy
- School
- Continental philosophy , French epistemology
- Institutions
- University of Paris I , Stanford University
- Main interests
- Epistemology , Philosophy of science
- Notable ideas
- Hermes (the messenger of the gods) as standing for the communication taking place between science and the arts
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Marie
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- France
- Place of birth
- Agen
- Place of death
- Paris
- Occupation
- researcher
- Educated at
- Lycée Louis-le-Grand
- Languages spoken
- Occitan
- Native language
- French
- Field of work
- history of science
- Image
- 16 Michel Serres librairie Dialogues 30 octobre 2014.JPG
- Work location
- Paris
- Residence
- Vincennes
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- Michel Serres
- date of birth
- 1930-09-01
- member of
- Académie Française
- date of death
- 2019-06-01
- place of burial
- Agen
- birth name
- Michel François Marie Serres
- archives at
- Bibliothèque nationale de France
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Encyclopedic overview
Michel Serres (/sɛər/; French: [miʃɛl sɛʁ]; 1 September 1930 – 1 June 2019) was a French philosopher, and historian of science. Member of the Académie française and the European Academy of Sciences and Arts, he published more than 70 authoritative works during his lifetime in the fields of anthropology of science and technology, the philosophy of communication and digital technologies, the philosophy of education, and the philosophy of ecology. Michel Serres's work is characterized by a transversal and interdisciplinary approach, connecting hard sciences and the humanities. He developed an original and innovative line of thought that has profoundly influenced contemporary philosophy.
Life and career
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