From Bachelard to Foucault. French Connections in the History of Science

Dominique Lecourt is Professor of philosophy at the University of Paris VII and General Delegate of the BioVision/Academy of Sciences Foundation. President of the French University Press (PUF). Co-founder in 1984 of the International College of Philosophy, Rector of the National Center for Distance Education (1985-88), member of the Human Rights Commission of UNESCO (1977-90), member of the CNRS Ethics Commission for Life Sciences (1993-98), he is now Chairman of the Ethics Commission of the French Research Development Institute (IRD).

In addition to numerous publications in philosophy, philosophy of sciences, cloning, ethics, bioethics, politics, Dominique Lecourt has published more than twenty books which include Prométhée, Faust, Frankenstein (new edition, 1998), Contre la peur (new edition, 1999), Science, philosophy and history of sciences in Europe (new edition, 1999), Sciences, myths and religions in Europe (2000), The teaching of philosophy of science : report commissioned by the French Minister for Education, scientific education (2000), La philosophie des sciences (new edition, 2003), Dictionnaire d’histoire et philosophie des sciences (new edition, 2003) and Humain posthumain (PUF, 2003).