Alexandre Koyré

Alexandre Koyré (August 29, 1892 – April 28, 1964), sometimes anglicised as Alexander Koiré, was a French philosopher of Russian origin who wrote on the history and philosophy of science. Koyré was born on August 29, 1892, in the city of Taganrog, Russia, into a Jewish family. In Russia he studied in Tiflis and Odessa, before pursuing studies abroad. In Göttingen, Germany (1908–11), he studied under Edmund Husserl and David Hilbert. Husserl did n... more

Alexandre Koyré (August 29, 1892 – April 28, 1964), sometimes anglicised as Alexander Koiré, was a French philosopher of Russian origin who wrote on the history and philosophy of science. Koyré was born on August 29, 1892, in the city of Taganrog, Russia, into a Jewish family. In Russia he studied in Tiflis and Odessa, before pursuing studies abroad. In Göttingen, Germany (1908–11), he studied under Edmund Husserl and David Hilbert. Husserl did not approve of Koyré's dissertation, whereupon Koyré left for Paris, to study from 1912, notably under Henri Bergson and Léon Brunschvicg. Following Husserl's Cartesian Meditations, a series of lectures given in Paris and one of the more important of Husserl's later works, Koyré met again with Husserl repeatedly and influenced his understanding of Galileo Galilei. In 1914 Koyré joined the French Foreign Legion as soon as the war broke out. In 1916 he volunteered for a Russian regiment fighting on the Russian front, following a cooperation... less