Philosopher
Jules Vuillemin
Overview
Jules Vuillemin (; French: [vɥijmɛ̃]; 15 February 1920 – 16 January 2001) was a French philosopher, professor of philosophy of knowledge at the Collège de France, in Paris, from 1962 to 1990, succeeding Maurice Merleau-Ponty, and professor emeritus from 1991 to 2001. He was an Invited Professor at the Institute for Advanced Study, in Princeton, New Jersey (1968).
At the Collège de France, Vuillemin introduced analytical philosophy to France. Vuillemin's thought had a major influence on Jacques Bouveresse's works. Vuillemin himself vindicated the legacy of Martial Gueroult.
A friend of Michel Foucault, he supported his election at the Collège de France, and was also close to Michel Serres.
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Philosophers who discussed Jules Vuillemin
Ideas Jules Vuillemin discusses
- Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
- Cartesianism
- Philosophy
- Western philosophy
- Immanuel Kant
- Analytic philosophy
- Ludwig Wittgenstein
- Maurice Merleau-Ponty
- Aesthetics
- Anselm of Canterbury
- Platonism
- Collège de France
- Philosophical logic
- Willard Van Orman Quine
- Philosophy of science
- Bertrand Russell
- Michel Foucault
- Henri Poincaré
- Calculus
- Problem of future contingents
- Gaston Bachelard
- Rudolf Carnap
- Phenomenology (philosophy)
- Contemporary philosophy
Place in the tradition
Part of Continental philosophy.