André Lalande (philosopher)

This article is about the French philosopher. For the French Army officer, see André Lalande.

André Lalande (19 July, 1867 Dijon – 15 November, 1964 Asnières) was a French philosopher. In 1904, he was appointed Professor of philosophy at the University of Paris.

Whilst still at school in 1883-4 he was taught by Émile Durkheim, whom he greatly appreciated. His notes have provided the basis for the publication Durkheim's Philosophy Lectures: Notes from the Lycée de Sens Course, 1883–1884 in 2004.

His doctoral thesis was entitled L'idée directrice de la dissolution opposée à celle de l'évolution. In 1901, he was one of the founders of the French Philosophical Society.

Works

• 1893: Lectures sur la philosophic des sciences, Paris
• 1899: L'idée directrice de la dissolution opposée à celle de l'évolution Paris (revised and reissued as Les illusions évolutionnistes, Paris, 1930)
• 1899 Quid de Mathematica vel Rationali vel Naturali Senserit Baconus Verulamius, Paris, 1899 (in Latin)
• Précis raisonné de morale pratique, Paris: Hachette
• 1929 Les théories de l'induction et de l'expérimentation, Paris: Boivin
• 1948 La raison et les normes, Paris, 1948.
• 1960 Vocabulaire technique et critique de la philosophic 8Paris: Presses Universitaires de France